Why Did President Cleveland's Support of Tariff Reform Hurt His

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Multiple Choice

Why did President Cleveland's support of tariff reform hurt his chances at reelection in 1888?

• A) The vast majority of the country was definitively against tariff reform.
• B) Cleveland lost the support of farmers, a key Democratic constituency who supported high tariffs.
• C) It contradicted his 1884 campaign pledge to keep tariffs very high.
• D) It eliminated any difference between him and Benjamin Harrison, his Republican challenger.
• E) It inspired business leaders who supported high tariffs to donate millions of dollars to the Republican campaign to defeat Cleveland.