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    Benjamin Harrison

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    Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20‚ 1833 on a farm by the Ohio River below Cincinnati. He attended Miami University in Ohio and read law in Cincinnati. Before completing his law studies‚ Harrison returned to Oxford to marry Caroline Lavinia Scott. She was the daughter of the college president‚ John Witherspoon Scott‚ a Presbyterian minister. On October 20‚ 1853‚ Caroline’s father performed the ceremony. They then moved to Indianapolis‚ where he practiced law and campaigned

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    Benjamin Harrison

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    Kaul Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States‚ from 1889-1893. He was 56 when he was elected president. Benjamin Harrison was born to a Presbyterian family on Aug. 20‚ 1833‚ on his grandfather’s farm in North Bend‚ Ohio. He was named for his great-grandfather‚ a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His grandfather was William Henry Harrison‚ the 9th president. Ben was the second of the 10 children of John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin Harrison. Harrison attended

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    Over the time between early presidential years; Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president who studied law. Benjamin was the grandson of one of the president name William Harrison who served as the 9th president. Benjamin wanted to accomplish many thing as a president he passed an act called the Sherman Antitrust Act which allowed people to pay how much as they wanted for goods (food or basic clothing).Also‚ in the paper i’m going to talking about the hull house‚ The election of 1888‚ Jane Addams (co

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    Imperial Presidency

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    get from this phenomenon? It’ They will receive more attention. 3. What does advertising like this tell us about the process of political choice in the 1880s? Political choices try to get appeal towards the commonwealth. Document 2: Account of Benjamin Harrison’s "front porch campaign‚" October 12‚ 1888 4. Analyze ways in which a front porch campaign contributed to the positive image of a candidate. It creates an image the public can view. 5. How did front porch campaigns avoid the appearance

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    Grover Cleveland

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    Grover Cleveland ! Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on March 18‚ 1837‚ in Caldwell‚ New Jersey. Cleveland ’s father was a minister‚ originally from Connecticut‚ and his mother was from Baltimore. He was the fifth of nine children‚ named Stephen Grover‚ but he did not use the name “Stephen” in his adult life. ! In 1841‚ his family moved to Fayetteville‚ New York where he spent most of his childhood. In 1850 Cleveland ’s father took a pastorate in Clinton‚ New York ‚ and the family had to move to accommodate

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    Morgan. J. P Morgan formed the US Steel Corporation creating another monopoly. In 1884 Grover Cleveland became president. He supported the large companies‚ and did not give aid to Texan farmers when they requested it. During 1889 through 1893 Benjamin Harrison was president. Throughout his term the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was passed it forbade combinations in restraint of trade. It was used to curb labor unions or labor combinations. The Fourteenth Amendment was created to help freed slaves‚ but the

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    Grover Cleveland

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    Wallace Whipps Grover Cleveland defined success as being honest by fighting corruption in government‚ and being remembered for making government run more efficiently. Cleveland was born to Anne and Richard Cleveland‚ March 18‚ 1837 in Caldwell‚ New Jersey‚ the fifth of nine children. Richard‚ a minister of the Presbyterian Church‚ was posted in various parts of New York State. In 1853 Richard died‚ and Grover quit school to support his family‚ by teaching school with his older brother at the

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    Ch. 20 Notes

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    Chapter 20 Outline Party politics in an Era of Social and Economic Upheaval Contested Political Vision • Political parties in the nineteenth century energized voters by appealing to their economic self interests and by linking their programs to deeply held beliefs about the nature of the family and the proper role of the government. o Republicans: b4 the civil war‚ the Rep. had enhanced economic opportunity by using gov. authority to expand railroads‚ increase tariff protection

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    Grover

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    The Guardian President: Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on March 18‚ 1837‚ in Caldwell‚ New Jersey‚ to Ann Neal and Richard Falley Cleveland‚ a Presbyterian minister. Grover Cleveland was a tough opponent of political corruption who fiercely guarded the integrity of the offices in which he served. The first Democrat elected after the Civil War‚ Grover Cleveland was the only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later. The fifth of nine children

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    Politicians during this time period worried more about ensuring their own financial success‚ securing votes by any means‚ granting jobs or favors in return for votes‚ and remaining popular. They were not concerned with social issues‚ but supported or crushed these issues in accordance with the decision that would benefit them personally. If politicians were judged to be good personally‚ they were automatically viewed as good politically. Changes were made for personal benefit‚ not the good of the

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