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Which president was assassinated in 1865, leading to a deterioration of executive power that Hayes helped reverse?

  • Abraham Lincoln

  • James Garfield

  • William McKinley

  • John F. Kennedy

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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, leading to a deterioration of executive power in the United States. Hayes's presidency helped restore popular faith in the presidency and reverse this decline in executive authority.
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