During Harrison's presidency, a few acts were signed that met well with people and a few bills that people greatly opposed. Harrison sign the Dependent and Disability Pensions Act that gave money to veterans injured in nonmilitary causes. He also signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act that tried to stop the abuse of monopolies, but the vagueness left it as only a starting point. Benjamin also passed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in which silver certificates could be traded in for gold or silver and it was quickly repealed by Grover Cleveland as the act was depleting U.S. gold. Many people suspect that this poor judgment is the reason that Benjamin didn't win re-election. He also passed a very unpopular tariff that raised imports by a 48% tax(Martin Kelly).
In 1977 a tanker ship crashed into the bridge providing for costly repairs.
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