WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Obama
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Trump
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Benjamin Harrison
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hallmarks of Harrison’s administration included unprecedented economic legislation, including the McKinley Tariff, which imposed historic protective trade rates, and the Sherman Antitrust Act. Harrison also facilitated the creation of the national forest reserves through an amendment to the Land Revision Act of 1891.
Detailed explanation-2: -Harrison, a Republican, took office as the 23rd United States president after defeating Democratic incumbent President Grover Cleveland in the 1888 election. Four years later he was defeated for re-election by Cleveland in the 1892 presidential election.
Detailed explanation-3: -Harrison died on June 25, 2018, after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Detailed explanation-4: -Benjamin Harrison was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Virginia to a wealthy family, Harrison inherited his family’s plantation after his father’s death. Harrison followed in his father’s footsteps, and he became a politician and represented his town in the Virginia House of Burgesses.