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History Purple Notes
January 25- February 28
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the reforms do in the Grover Cleveland presidency? | -doubled number of jobs -recovered land that was previously owned illegally |
| What department was created in 1887? | Division of Forestry |
| What did the department stop? | "Pension grabs" |
| What did the U.S. receive from France? | The Statue of Liberty |
| Presidential Succession Act of 1886 | Cabinet officers...order offices created. |
| Electoral Count Act 1887 | Congress will accept returns approved by the governor |
| Interstate Commerce Act 1887 | 5 member interstate commerce commission |
| Who was the Democrat candidate for the election of 1888? | Grover Cleveland |
| Who was the Republican candidate for the election of 1888? | Benjamin Harrison |
| What were the results of the election of 1888 | Cleveland 168/Harrison 233 |
| Who won the popular vote in the election of 1888? | Cleveland |
| What did the Republicans gain control of in the election of 1888? | The House and Senate |
| Harrison was... | -Good lawyer, not good president -Did what Congress told him to -Reversed # of Cleveland's reforms |
| Who won the election of 1888? | Benjamin Harrison |
| Dependent Pension Act | Doubled pension and their dependents |
| McKinley Tariff 1890 | Raised tariff rate from 38-50% |
| Sherman Silver Purchase Act | designed to protect from monopolies |
| Why was the A.F.L. (American Federation of Labors) created? | to help protect wage earners |
| In the election of 1892, what new party was created and when? | Populist party, created in 1891 |
| Who organized this new party? | Farmers and wage earners |
| Who was their candidate? | James Weaver |
| Who was the Republican Candidate in the election of 1882? | Benjamin Harrison |
| Who was the Democratic candidate in the election of 1892? | Grover Cleveland |
| What were the electoral vote results? | -Cleveland: 277 -Harrison: 145 -Weaver: 22 |
| Why was Cleveland in trouble? | -Wage earners did not like economic policy -Blamed for 1893 Depression |
| What happens in 1894? | Republicans get Congress |
| Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act | -lowers tariff to 39.9% -did not sign, became law |
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