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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Keep Off the Grass!: Coxey's Army Invades the Nation's Capital

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the speech that Jacob S. Coxey planned to give at the U.S. Capitol in 1894, but was prohibited from doing so after being arrested for walking on the grass. He wanted to address the issue of the harm the depression of 1893 was causing.
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Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Read President Grover Cleveland's message to the Congress in 1893 in which he advocated for the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act from 1890. His objections to it are very well laid out.
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Handout
Other

Nyise History: Grover Cleveland Links

For Students 9th - 10th
Several links to Grover Cleveland's biographies, presidential actions, speeches and writings, and much more.
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Website
Other

Kansas Heritage: Pullman Strike, Chicago, 1894

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed and informative site explains how the Pullman Strike, which began as a peaceful protest about rent in the company town of Pullman, spread across the country and brought railroad traffic to a halt.
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Article
Other

Saylor Academy: Panic of 1893 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explaining the causes and impact of the Panic of 1893 which took place at the beginning of Grover Cleveland's presidency. It became an economic depression that lasted until the start of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897.
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Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Grover Cleveland: Domestic Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Grover Cleveland served as president from 1884-1888 and from 1892-1896. Read about his domestic policies in both terms of office and find out about the problems he encountered in his second term.
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Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Grover Cleveland: Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Grover Cleveland's foreign policies were similar in both of his terms as president, interrupted by a presidential term of Benjamin Harrison. Read about his use of the Monroe Doctrine and some of the successes he had.
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Website
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

American History: Election of 1896: It Came Down to a Question of Money

For Students 6th - 8th
This program, part of The Making of a Nation from Voice of America gives a very good description of the issues in the presidential campaign of 1896. Learn about the differences between the gold bugs and silverites, a third party...
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: American Presidents: Grover Cleveland

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-navigate site has Cleveland's biography, an image gallery, and several video clips.
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Handout
Harp Week

Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: Grover Cleveland

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography from Harp Week's extensive website about presidential elections of Grover Cleveland, outlining his tenure as governor of New York, and his two non-consecutive terms as president.
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Website
Harp Week

Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: Events

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the domestic policies and events that occured in Grover Cleveland's first term of office. Many of these were events on which he would run as he sought his second term.
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Article
Other

The Forgotten Depression: A Look at the Causes of the 1893 Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing what has been written about the 1893 Depression, and how its importance has been overshadowed by, and it has been less analyzed than, the Great Depression.