10/20/09

Today Dajsa did her presentation and Andrea started hers. In 1892 Cleveland was reelected, he was president then lost then won again. Cleveland wanted to lower tariffs. In 1897 William McKinley became president and he wanted to raise tariffs.Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.Started a group, Tweed Ring, which was a group of corrupt politicians who basically ripped off the city. In one incident the Tweed Ring wanted to build a new courthouse and they had the taxpayers pay way more than they really needed. All the extra money went to Boss Tweed.
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