HIST 1312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Grover Cleveland, Chester A. Arthur, Rutherford B. Hayes
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1877-1990: rutherford hayes: he was a major general in the union army during the civil war, commanded a regiment at the battle of antietam, served in the house of representatives and was elected twice the governor of. Ohio: james garfield: he was the chief of staff of the army of the. Cumberland, served in the house for nine consecutive terms, elected as. Democratic party: factionalized party (not united, conservative democrats (cleveland, limited government, favored local government over national government, retrenchment (down-size the government, white supremacy. Republican party: protective tariffs, commitment of the republican party to government intervention. Balance between democrats and republicans: failure of conservative democrats (cleveland) to deal effectively with the depression (1893, the shift in democratic party william jennings bryan and free silver. Consequences of that failure: change of leadership in the democratic party (free silver and jennings. Bryan: rise and fall of the populist (people"s) party.
