u.s. history background 1876 - 1900. ulysses s. grant 1868 – 1876 – republican – 18th civil...
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U.S. History
Background
1876 - 1900
Ulysses S. Grant• 1868 – 1876 – Republican – 18th• Civil War hero • Presidency marked with mass corruption• Allies made millions off railroad
construction• Bribery and fraud widespread• Businesses control government• Makes people stop trusting politicians
Rutherford B. Hayes• 1876 – 1880 – Republican – 19th• Former governor of Ohio• Called in Fed. Troops to put down the
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – 73 die• 20 die and 29 wounded in Pittsburgh• = first time in US history that troops fire
on citizens• Wanted to build Panama Canal – did not
do it
James A. Garfield• 1880 – 1881 – Republican – 20th
• Last born in log cabin
• Ohio Senator
• Won by only 9,000 votes
• Shot in the back at Washington train station
• Bed-ridden in White House for 3 months
• Dies in Sept. 1881 – only served for 6 months
Chester A. Arthur• 1881 – 1885 – Republican – 21st President
• Former Customs official from New York
• Garfield’s VP – took over after assassination
• Reformed Civil Service
• Immigration reform – mentally ill not allowed; Chinese not allowed for ten years
• Hid fatal kidney disease from the public
Grover Cleveland• 1885 – 1889 – Democrat – 22nd President
• 1st Dem. elected since the Civil War
• Former governor of New York
• Only President to be married in the White House
• Against giving $ to war veterans
• Interstate Commerce Act – attempted to regulate railroads
• Tried to do away with spoils system
Benjamin Harrison• 1889 – 1893 – Republican – 23rd President• Senator from Indiana – grandson of William
Henry Harrison – (9th Pres)• Actually lost pop. vote to Cleveland• Sherman Anti-Trust Act – outlawed
monopolies and protected trade• Spent over 1 Billion $ building up navy• Lost re-election to…
Grover Cleveland• 1893 – 1897 – Democrat – 24th President• Only president to serve non-consecutive terms• Panic of 1893 – economic depression – 3
million lost jobs• Pullman Strike – 125,000 railroad workers –
shut down railroad system – sent troops to stop it
• Had secret mouth cancer surgery on Presidential yacht
William McKinley • 1897 – 1901 – Republican – 25th President• Former Governor of Ohio – his election marked
that start of the Progressive Era• Fought and won the Spanish-American War• Annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines,
and Guam • Shot while shaking hands after a speech in
Buffalo, New York – doctors could not find bullet
• Died of gangrene from wound - 1901