Cleveland and chaos

A. Grover Cleveland

  • Democratic president 1893-97
  • sought lower tariff, gold standard, civil service, honesty, morality
  • against special interests - navy, sugar, banana growers
  • opposed by silverites, bosses, socialists, businessmen
  • 1893 repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase Act
  • Depression deepened after 1893 - Coxey's Army, Eugene Debs and Pullman strike 1894
  • need for trade expansion to prevent unemployment, labor unrest
  • Republican party gained seats in 1894 elections

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