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Question 0

What did reforms do?

Answer 0

• doubled # of jobs
• recovered land (that was owned illegally before)
• 1887: Division of Forestry
• stopped “Pension Grabs”

Question 1

When was Grover Cleveland president?

Answer 1

1885-1889

Question 2

What did the U.S. receive?

Answer 2

The Statue of Liberty

Question 3

What was the Presidential Succession Act of 1886?

Answer 3

Cabinet officers…order offices created

Question 4

What was the Electoral Count Act of 1887?

Answer 4

Congress will accept returns approved by the governor

Question 5

What was the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

Answer 5

It was a 5 member interstate commerce commission

Question 6

Who/what positions were running for the elections of 1888?

Answer 6

Democrat: Grover Cleveland
Republican: Benjamin Harrison

Question 7

What were the results of the election of 1888?

Answer 7

Cleveland: 160 
Harrison: 233
Cleveland won popular vote
HARRISON WON THOUGH
Republicans: house and senate

Question 8

Who was a good lawyer, but a bad president?

Answer 8

Harrison

Question 9

Who did Harrison follow?

Answer 9

Congress

–bc they told him what to do

Question 10

What did Congress do?

Answer 10

They reversed the # of Cleveland’s reforms

Question 11

What is the Dependent Pension Act?

Answer 11

Doubled pensions and the dependents

Question 12

What was the McKinley Tariff of 1890?

Answer 12

Raised tariff rate from 38% to 50%

Question 13

What was the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?

Answer 13

It was designed to protect from monopoly’s

Question 14

What was the AFL?

Answer 14

• Formed to help protect wage owners

- American Federation of Labor

Question 15

What was the election of 1892 like?

Answer 15

• populist party
• created in 1891
• organized by farmers + wage earners
• candidate: James Weaver

Question 16

Who ran for the election of 1892?

Answer 16

Republican: 
-Benjamin Harrison
(Made people upset)
Democrats: 
-Grover Cleveland

• Cleveland: 277 HE WON
• Harrison: 145
• Weaver: 22