Fraud! U.S. Presidential Election of 1876

Tsk9653 on 11/28/2008

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For the political junkies out there going through withdrawal now that the 2008 presidential election is over, I offer the second of my quizzes exploring past U.S. presidential elections, this one covering the election of 1876. The outcome of the 1876 election was extremely controversial - at least as controversial as the 2000 victory of George W. Bush over Al Gore. For instance, Rutherford B. Hayes's victory in the election was described in the "Cincinnati Enquirer" as "the monster fraud of the century". Hayes's victory resulted in many nicknames being coined for the new president; my favorite is "Rutherfraud Hayes".

This quiz covers the candidates and controversies of the 1876 presidential election. If you recognize the person in the photograph introducing this quiz, you know the answer to question 4. WARNING: This quiz is intended to be taken at a leisurely pace and was not created to accommodate speed demons.

Sources: Morris, "Fraud of the Century" (Simon & Schuster, 2003); Boller, "Presidential Campaigns", 2d ed. (Oxford University Press, 2004); Kane, "Facts About the Presidents" (ACE, 1976); Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, www.uselectionatlas.org, and Wikipedia, the on-line encyclopedia.

11 Questions

Rating:	(8.90/9)
Difficulty:	Difficult
Taken:	64 times

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