Rutherford B. Hayes: Civil Service Reform

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Rutherford B. Hayes became president in March of 1877, with a close tie to his opponent, Sammuel J. Tilden. Although Tilden won by popular vote, the electoral votes made a close call with Hayes coming in the lead at 185 and Tilden at 184. Rutherford was known for overseeing the end of reconstruction, his efforts leading to the Civil Service Reform, and the attempt to restore friendly relations from the divisions left over from the Civil War. I feel that Rutherford was successful because he took the worst and turned it around to see the positive. If there wasn’t an upside to a situation, he took it into his own hands making the most of what there was, and a positive experience to the American people.
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I think the most successful way he helped the people was through money and economy. The effects of the Civil War had caused the national debt to increase over four thousand percent. This came the case because the war was being supported by bonds that the government had to pay back, with interest of course. If the money could not be supplied or raised the government would pay with greenbacks, which is now the paper dollar. The greenbacks were not backed by gold, so they had a lesser face value. Advocates of inflation wanted an increase in the greenbacks circulation, while creditors wanted the gold standard to return. Having paper money though, was good for the economy, because the money was given directly and equal to value. Hayes supported the hard money, believing that the depression after the Panic in 1873 was enforced by the threat of inflation greenbacks represented. By 1878, greenbacks were equal to the same face value of gold, and my 1879, more gold was exchanged for the paper money (www.millercenter.org). Another thing Rutherford did for the American people, or in this case more so for the Native Americans, he did away with the removal policy. In the nineteenth century, the

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