Rutherford B. Hayes by Michael A. Ross | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: Rutherford B. Hayes Author: Michael A. Ross Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 28 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: History, American Summary: President Rutherford B. Hayes, the first Gilded Age president, began his career as an antislavery Union soldier. Yet the Compromise of 1877, which led to his prevailing in the wake of the hotly contested Hayes-Tilden election, caused Hayes to abandon Reconstruction and turn his attention to economic priorities such as using federal troops to subdue railroad strikes. By the end of his single term, Hayesdubbed His Fraudulencyhad largely permitted the dismantling of civil rights advances achieved during Reconstruction. He thus paved the way, albeit unintentionally, for an era of white supremacy and Jim Crow laws in the South. Contact: [email protected]