Rutherford B. Hayes 's Impact On The Civil Rights Movement

The election between Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel Tilden was referred to as the last battle of the civil war. During the end of the election, Hayes had believed that he lost, but in fact, he won and became president. He was also the first president to be sworn into office inside the white house. As for inside the white house, he was the first president to have a telephone and his wife, Lucy Hayes banned alcohol from the house. During his presidency, he ordered the removal of troops from the state houses in South Carolina and Louisiana. This was considered to be the most controversial thing he did in his entire presidency. This brought about a democratic takeover and people thought he had agreed on an end of reconstruction in exchange for the presidency. When it came time for reelection, Hayes declined and said no to a second

When blacks were given the right to vote, it was only somewhat successful. Many blacks did use their new political power to vote as it is shown in Harper's Weekly (Document G), but whites still tried to stop them. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and fear caused by the Ku Klux Klan were used to keep blacks from exercising their right to vote. Another issue of reconstruction was the banking and currency system. In an attempt to uniform the currency, Senator John Sherman gave a speech saying that with "a currency and a medium of exchange, we shall have a broader and more generous nationality" (Document B). At the time many states had their own currency and a change needed to be made to unite the states. A sense of nationality was needed as the nation was in turmoil after the attempted secession of the South. Reconstruction came to an end in 1877 with the Compromise of 1877. Rutherford Hayes became president for agreeing to end federal support for Southern Republicans and building a transcontinental railroad. In this compromise he also withdrew troops from the South. This, along with the rejection of laws protecting blacks from discrimination, brought reconstruction to an end in 1877.

Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ), was one of the most memorable as well as divided politicians in US history. With a humble past of teaching at segregated schools for 3 years, he had all the heart of someone to end slavery. But upon becoming a Senator, this seemed to change. During his Senate years, time and time again showed his dislike for Civil Rights. When President, he was a whirlwind of a worker to push this bill through. What changed, what didn’t, along with what drove him to do this.

After the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963, Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as L.B.J., became president of the United States of America. In his early life in politics, President L.B.J. worked to weaken bills that prohibited discrimination because he thought is was the job of the states. Later when he became president, he passed the Civil Rights act of 1964. Many people question why he changed his mind. Was it because he thought it principally right or was it to please the majority to get re-elected in the upcoming election?

The Compromise of 1877 was the unwritten and informal deal that settled the1876 presidential election between Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden, which is considered as one of the most disputed elections in the American history. The compromise resulted in both sides coming to an agreement and compromising on different aspects, which will be further discussed below.

A republican man named Rutherford Hayes was elected as president in 1876. He won by the total electorial vote which on document 4 was 185 votes, but if you look at the popular vote, Democratic Samuel Tilden won by about 150,000 more votes. This proves that most of the

In Document 8, it shows that on November 4, 1874, New York Times newspaper says that the Democrats won and that the Congress was going to be Democratic. Then, on November 5, 1874, the next day, it says the Republicans defeated the Democrats. At this time, the document was written to show that it was a close race for the Presidency and that the New York Times was wrong. This was the first Presidency where the candidate has less popular votes but more electoral votes, won and became the President. Also, in Document 9, the picture shows how close the election was because some of the states had disputed votes. The reason for this document is to show how close all the votes were and how Hayes beat Tilden. This was the first election that was this close. Finally, the Democrats controlled the House of Representatives, which is where the decision of the President went. The Democrats were willing to allow Hayes as the President if he did a few things for the Democrats. What the Democrats wanted him to do was called the Compromise of 1877, which stated that Hayes would withdraw federal troops from the South, give money to make a railroad in the South and also to improve rivers, bridges, and more, and finally to appoint a conservative Southerner to his cabin. Hayes said this was a good compromise because in return, he got to become

How significant was Lyndon B Johnson in improving civil rights for African-Americans during his presidency (1963-69)?

Abraham Lincoln came from a military background that helped him with his political background. He has started small but ended big. He was the president of the United States from 1861 through 1865. He has made many difficult decisions throughout his presidency and will go down in history as the really tall 16th president, but also as the one who put the Emancipation Proclamation into action.

Due to Congress and President Johnson not being able to agree on anything, Congress decided to vote to impeach the president. However, the vote to impeach the President failed; President Johnson then backed down from trying to control reconstruction and let congress continue in the way that they wanted. Later in the 1870s a new presidential election occurred, Samuel Tilden ran against Rutherford B. Hays. The democratic side won most of the votes. However, the Republicans refused to accept defeat. As congressional commission debated over the outcome of the election trying to declare a winner. Rutherford Hayes stated that he would end Reconstruction if he was elected. Because of the Compromise of 1877, Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina became Democratic once again, successfully making Rutherford Hayes the President and then the ending of the Reconstruction

Speaker of the House and Secretary of State, lost 3 presidential elections. War Hawk who favored war with Britain and was a major factor in the agreement to declare the War of 1812. He founded and dominated the Whig Party and was the frontrunner of the American system, advocating for an increase of tariffs to increase federal revenue along with improvement of infrastructure, and a strong national bank. Major part of finding a compromise for the Nullification Crisis and the slavery issue.

Abraham Lincoln, a member of Republicans, won the presidential election of 1860 without the help of any southern electoral votes. This later led to the slaves states vote to secede from the Union, which in turn led to the Civil War.

In 1876, Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden were competing for the presidency of the United States. Tilden was winning by a landslide. Already winning the clear majority of the popular vote, Tilden had also amassed 184 of electoral votes, just one short of a majority. To arbitrate the returns, Congress established a 15 member electoral commission. By a straight party vote 8-7 the commission awarded the distributed electoral votes as well as presidency to Rutherford Hayes. Angered Democrats threatened to filibuster, to prevent the electoral votes from being counted. This must have worried the Republicans quite a bit for they met with Southern Democrats February 26 in Washington. In Washington, the two parties came to an informal understanding,

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. In 1816 his family moved to southern Indiana. Lincoln had little formal education due to the fact that he ahd to work to help support his family. Lincolns’ mother died when he was only nine, and as a young boy he took that pretty rough. Abraham quickly began to resent his father for all the work that was placed on him at a young age.

With Sarah by his side he had many campaign victories. Being a supporter of Andrew Jackson’s democratic policies at age twenty-nine he was elected to the U.S. Congress. From 1825-39 James was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and was serving as its speaker (Evisum Inc). After serving as speaker he became Governor of Tennessee in 1839-1841. In 1844 Democrats were having a difficult time getting 2/3 of the vote to nominate a presidential candidate, Polk who was running for the position of vice president, became nominated for the presidential candidate (Kelly). The focus on the campaign was to annex Texas which Polk was for the idea versus Clay who opposed the idea. Clay opposing the idea led Polk to victory.