History and government of the United States, for evening schools . invention and scientificdiscovery in the UnitedStates, and brought togetherpeople from all sections. Election of Hayes. — Dur-ing the terms of Grant therewas much dissatisfaction inthe iSTorth over the corruption in the government of the nationand of certain cities, especially !New York. Even greater dis-satisfaction existed in the South over the corruption andincompetence of the State governments. The popular dis-approval of the conditions of our government led to a veryexciting presidential campaign in 1876. The opposing cand
History and government of the United States, for evening schools . invention and scientificdiscovery in the UnitedStates, and brought togetherpeople from all sections. Election of Hayes. — Dur-ing the terms of Grant therewas much dissatisfaction inthe iSTorth over the corruption in the government of the nationand of certain cities, especially !New York. Even greater dis-satisfaction existed in the South over the corruption andincompetence of the State governments. The popular dis-approval of the conditions of our government led to a veryexciting presidential campaign in 1876. The opposing candi-dates were Samuel J. Tilden, a Democrat, and Rutherford , a Republican. In the election the Democrats polled amuch larger popular vote than the Republicans 5 but a greatdispute arose as to which had a majority in the ElectoralCollege.^ This was finally settled, in favor of the Republicans,by a special Electoral Commission. 60. The Administration of Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1877-1881). — Early in his administration, Hayes withdrew the I See p. Ulysses S. Grant 56 HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY Federal troops that had been stationed in South Carolina andelsewhere ever since the Civil War. This popular act markedthe end of the reconstruction of the Southern States bymilitary force. Railroad Strike. — In 1877 a railroad strike in Pittsburg ledto riot, and marked the beginning of strife and violence in thiscountry between capital and labor. Return to Sound 3Ioney. —The United States government hadbeen so greatly burdened by the debt of the Civil War that,until 1879, it was compelled to maintain a currency of papermoney without actual redemption value in gold and it became able once more to pay its obligations in moneyof intrinsic (real) value as metal. This great event did muchto promote domestic business and international trade; for, afterthis time, the standard money of the United States was stand-ard everywhere else, as it had always been up to the tim
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