The 1884 Presidential Election
Historians Elizabeth Leonard and Earle Shettleworth discussed the 1884 presidential election between Grover Cleveland and Jame G. Blaine. The election and the campaign was significant for the amount of mudslinging and personal attacks involved.
Description
Historians Elizabeth Leonard and Earle Shettleworth discussed the 1884 presidential election between Grover Cleveland and Jame G. Blaine. The election and the campaign was significant for the amount of mudslinging and personal attacks involved.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Describe the divisions within the republican party during the 1884 election. How did this help Grover the Democrats win the presidency?
- Explain the results of the 1884 election.
- What is meant by the phrase "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion?" How does this phrase represent the beliefs at the time?
- Describe two ways that the 1884 election relied on personal attacks and mudslinging.
Additional Resource
Participants
Vocabulary
- Grover Cleveland
- James G. Blaine
- Mudslinging
- Mugwumps
- Prohibitionist
- Republican Party
- Roman Catholicism
- Temperance
- Theodore Roosevelt