Question

Why do you think tariff reform failed? Support your response with evidence from the text.

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Answer 1

William McKinley and Benjamin Harrison jointly wanted to refrain from the decreasing the tariff. They stood in opposition for this. Due to Benjamin Harrison being financed by larger businesses which wanted an increased tariff, Harrison would lose that funding if he were to lower the tariff. Furthermore, Cleveland was unable to lower the tariff as he wished, because the taxes for the general public would be heightened. Due to these reasons, the tariff reform was never successfully executed. I hope that is for the proper class and the proper unit...

Answer 2

I think that tariff reformed failed mostly because of massive monetary support from companies that supported high tariffs, which influenced the president and his decisions,; Benjamin Harrison, who would raise tariffs to their highest levels at that time, ran a campaign financed by many of those companies.