Presidents

Question 1

Rutherford B. Hayes

Answer 1

1. defeated samuel tildon in an election
2. ended reconstruction and started radical phase

Question 2

James A. Garfield

Answer 2

1. Half-breed president who swore to reform patronage
2. Shot by Charles Gutieau and got infection from doctors trying to help him

Question 3

Chester (Chet) Arthur

Answer 3

1. Stalwart vice president who passes Pendleton Act which outlaws patronage and starts the merit system
2. Passed the Chinese Exclusion Act
3. Raised tariffs

Question 4

Grover Cleveland

Answer 4

1. Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
2. Vetoed more laws than any president in history
3. Believed in the gold standard and dropped tariffs
4. Panic of 1893 ruined his second term and he asked for a loan from Morgan

Question 5

Benjamin Harrison

Answer 5

1. Wanted higher tariffs and the gold standard.
2. President during the billion-dollar congress, first congress to spend a billion dollars
3. Passed Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 6

William McKinley

Answer 6

1. Won the 1896 election over William Jennings Bryan (populist). Robber barons funded McKinley’s run as Bryan threatened them.
2. President during the Spanish-American War and annexed Hawaii
3. Shot by Leon Czolgosz