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Chapter Eighty-Three: The Election of 1888
Chapter Eighty-Three: The Election of 1888
Ada Lovelace would under the laws of office, have to step down in 1888. She was disliked but also loved by many. Both popular and unpopular, historians would never truly be able to agree where she would fall. She did good for America but her actions had left many in poverty and though the Economy was decent it was tinkering on the edge. Mass spending had left the economy in a decent shape but increasing pensions had pushed it over the age. Too scared to fully tax big business or the rich, Lovelace in the end left an America facing another economic depression. The socialists selected her vice president to run for office. Benjamin Harrison, Harrison was to be more of the same and for the economy and the America n democratic empire this spelled bad news if he was to win.
The socialist party of America would have the quickest rise and fall of any political party in America . A new man appeared on the scene. Theodore Roosevelt. As Lovelace refused to make larger changes, he rallied both progressives and centre people together. The democratic-republicans shifted again from the party of the south to the part of progress. Tacking over the party at a young age, Roosevelt was able to iron out the raciest and more old elements of the party. By uniting the progressives, the centre and some members of the right, Roosevelt signalled the end of the socialist party.
For the first time in American history, America became a one party system as Roosevelt won the election of 1888. There were attempts to organise parties to stand against the democratic republicans but they were small and never nationwide. The largest voice he found against him was the Southern Democratic union party though with control over congress there was not much the SUD could do. Facing problems in china, Mexico, Cuba and at home Roosevelt came to the presidency when America needed stability. Roosevelt would give its stability, by chopping down the trees of corruption and starting anew. By the end of his term, Roosevelt would take America and her allies form powers to great powers and would expand America to its highest extent. Thus, beginning what would be known as The Golden age of the American empire.