To begin our second quarter in the blog-o-sphere, you are going to examine America's third presidential assassination: William McKinley.
He was Republican who became president in 1896 and was re-elected in 1900. McKinley had successfully led America through the Spanish-American War (it took less than a year to win) and was traveling to Buffalo, New York for the Pan-American Exposition.
That's all the scene-setting I'll do. Watch this video and read this primary source to get a better handle on the events surrounding this murder.
For the comment section...
1) Write 100 words telling the story of what happened to McKinley once he arrived in Buffalo.
2) Write 100 words considering the following...
Should this "Gilded Age" era be remembered most for its successes (industrialization, urbanization, civil service reform etc.) or for its failures (corruption in politics, Native American conflicts, all the negative aspects of the immigration boom, Jim Crow era etc.)?
Soon after winning the presidency, President William McKinley visits Buffalo, New York. He arrives on September 4, 1901. Upon arrival McKinley's plans were to visit Niagra Falls, greet and shake hands with people, and push his new economics theories on free trade. Leon Czolgosz, the assassin, was planning to hoot McKinley at the train station upon arrival, but couldn't get close enough to do so. the next day McKinley gives a great speech on his new economic ideas, and gets a lot of support from the people. As a result, he plans to greet people and shake some hands on September 6, 1901. Leon Czolgosz Has been waiting in one to get close to the president all day. Once he gets close he pulls the gun out of his wrapped hand, and shoots McKinley in the abdomen. MCKinley is rushed to the hospital immediately. The ext few days he seems to be doing much better, and people think he is recovering. But sadly on September 14, 1901 he dies at around 2:30 AM. Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as president the next day. (181)
ReplyDeleteThe Gilded Age was a very mixed time in history. MAny things went well during this time, but on the other side many thing went poorly. I think it should be remembered for its failures. i believe its failures outnumbered its successes. I also think that the failures of the gilded age were so bad, and that is one of the reaso it should be remembered by its failures. It started a lot of things that people suffered through for a long time. The Gilded Age tour society apart due to the Native American conflicts and the Jim Crow era. (100
In September, year 1901, the President scheduled a visit to the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, NY. Since this couldn’t happen during the Spanish-American war the Exposition could now happen since the war was over.McKinley stood at the head of the reception line in the Temple of Music. Mckinley shook everyone hand and that was when the 28-year-old man named Leon Czolgosz approached with a handkerchief wrapped about his right hand. As the president reached to shake his hand, Leon dropped the handkerchief revealing a pistol. Mckinley was shot in his chest and his stomach. In 8 days, Mckinley died saying it was God’s will. (113)
ReplyDeleteThe Gilded Age was know for both successes and failures. In my opinion, this age should be known mostly for its failures. One failure would be sharecropping replaced slavery as a way to keep blacks working in penury, and the voting rights so recently granted were taken away. I would say the one successful thing that happened would be that it opened up opportunities for the immigrants and that prices lowered to assemble and due to surplus there prices also went down (100)
On September 6th, 1901, William McKinley arrived at Buffalo, New York. He welcomed visitors at the Exposition’s stadium and a reception in the Temple of Music. One of McKinley’s aides worried for his safety. McKinley told him, “No one would wish to hurt me.” He was very wrong. Leon Czolgosz shot the president twice as he was shaking his hand. McKinley was shot in the stomach. Some thought that McKinley would recover from his wounds, and that he would live through it, but he died 8 days after being shot. Even after McKinley was shot, he said that God’s will be done. (102)
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I think the Gilded Age era should be remembered most for its failures. There was some good that came from the Gilded Age era, but there was also a lot of bad things that came from it. I think that in the end, there were more failures than successes, which is why it should be remembered for its failures. One of its failures, for example, is that there was a lot more crime and unsanitary conditions which was because of the immigrants. Immigrants also could be one of its successes because it gave the immigrants more opportunities. (100)
President McKinley who’s known for the victory of the United states in the Spanish American war which made it easily for him to win a second term for himself in the election of 1900. But after a year in September 1901 he was assassinated in buffalo and he was there because he plan to react something that he had on halt because of the recent war so he plan a party in buffalo and had 350 acres do it on but as arrive there and was checking the shock chair he shoved then two shots fired in succession which hit hi, and then they call an ambulance but he died any way. Words 112
ReplyDeleteTo me the gilded age is both a good and a bad because the good part about it is that if we never do what we did to the natives we would never get to Hawaii, or found new ways to travel, a better way to see in the dark, or there wouldn’t be any new jobs for people. The bad is that we pretty much made them endangered like race and the Jim Crow laws which lead to a lot of African Americans arrested or worse dead or the immigration boom which was one of the causes of the Great depression and people being kill because work environment or paycheck is not a lot. Words 116
ReplyDeletePresident William McKinley scheduled a visit to the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, NY in September 1901. President McKinley welcomed visitors at the Exposition’s stadium followed by a short reception at the Temple of Music. It last only ten minutes, an aide felt the president was exposing himself to danger. In reply, the president commented "No one would wish to hurt me." He stood at the head of the reception line in the Temple of Music shaking people’s hands. A man named Leon Czolgosz approached him as he had a handkerchief wrapped about his right hand. Czolgosz dropped the handkerchief showing a pistol. He fired twice and the first bullet bounced off McKinley's chest. The second ripped through his stomach. Czolgosz was executed on October 29, 1901 at Auburn Prison, NY. (word count:130)
ReplyDeleteI think the Gilded Age era should be remembered for its failures. I can honestly say there were some good things that happened in this era, but there are also a lot of bad things that happened. One of the failures was sharecropping. Sharecropping replaced slavery. More bad things came from this era than good. Many people were poor and it was so hard for them even to make it. Another failure would be crime. Many people would steal because most moms and dads had kids, so they needed to feed their kids. That’s why this era should be labeled failure. (word count:103)
on September 4th of 1901 President William McKinley arrived in Buffalo New York to go to the Pan-American Exposition. he was immediatly welcomed with tons of "Fans" or strong supporters who wanted pictures and to shake his hand. His assistant thought he was endangering himself, but he said no one would want to hurt him. a few minutes later, Leon Czolgosz came up to him with a handkerchief in his right hand. as he approached Mckinley he dropped the handkerchief and revealed a gun, shooting 2 bullets at the president. only 1 went into him and it went through his stomach. The was convicted and later killed on october 29th of the same year. 114 words
ReplyDeletei think the Gilden Age, although successful, mostly was a major failure in the economy and culture. yes, the US grew, but sharecropping replaced slavery and was almost as bad, just a new name. also, with so many new jobs came so many new people who created segregation and their own communities, increasing poverty and crime rate due to a lot of immigrants being basically broke and working for almost no money too. the children even had to work and starve regularly. this whole era, although creating a big boost in population and growth, was a large failure for the United states.102 words
William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was welcomed with loud cheers as he got off of his jet. After he got off the jet and was shaking hands with the public when Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the stomach. McKinley died eight days later on September 14 of gangrene caused by the gunshot wounds. He was the third American president to have been assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and James A. Garfield in 1881. (101)
ReplyDeleteThere was both good and bad things about the gilded ages. the most recognizable things that were good was the sky scrapers, which gave people job opportunities to build it and to work in the building when it was finished. And these works of art made people wanna move and it mad it a more urbanized place to live. but the bad things were the corruption the poor living conditions. But if i had to pick i would have to lean toward the gilded age being a good thing. (109)
President McKinley, in 1901, scheduled a visit to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The President McKinley arrived on September 6, 1901. He spent the morning of the day he would be assassinated at Niagra Falls withs his wife. The exposition was about showing the power of a new discovery, electricity. A man named Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, was in attendance at the reception. Leon stood for a long time in line to shake the president’s hand. He had a towel wrapped around his hand witch held a gun, and when it was his time to meet the president, Leon shot McKinley twice. President McKinley died several days later.
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The “Gilded Age” held many ups and many downs. It can be remembered for its success in industrialization, urbanization, and civil service reform in a good way. It can also be remembered for its failures such as political corruption, confliction with Native Americans, and the Jim Crow era. I think this era is more so remembered for its failures, but I also think we can see the good in its failures. We can see how the failures of the “Gilded Age” shaped our nation into the way it is today. But overall, I think that this era should be remembered for its failures rather than successes.
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McKinley was serving his second term when he arrived in Buffalo by train. As he was getting off of his train a cannon went off and that started a big commotion. What McKinley did not know was that Lean, his killer, was at the trainstation prepared to kill him that day. He did not shoot McKinley that day because he was trying to get close to McKinley to get a good shot, but when the cannon went off then everyone started to run and get in his way. The reason McKinley was in Buffalo was because he wanted to talk about free trade and he was going to the pan-American expedition. The second day that he was there he went to give his speech on free trade and tariffs. The third day that he was there he went and visited Niagara Falls with his wife. Once they left there then he went to go shake people’s hands. He was already warned that it was dangerous to meet people in an open auditorium, but since he was only supposed to be there for 10 minutes he thought it was no big deal. He had just given a flower to a little girl when it was Lean’s turn to meet him. He had disguised his hand in a towel with a gun in it and shot Mckinley twice.
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I think that the “Gilded Age” era should be, and mostly is, remembered as a negative time in our history. I believe this because of all of the discrimination and segregation that was going on during this particular time. I know that there will always be segregation in the world, but hopefully it is never even close to how extreme it was during this era. The way that the white Americans treated immigrants and Native Americans were un-excusable. Also, in my opinion, the Jim Crow Laws are some of the worst laws that our nation has ever made. When they made this law the whites were basically saying that they were better and higher than the African Americans, which is not true at all.
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Not too long after William McKinley won presidency he went on to visit Buffalo, New York. President McKinley arrived in Buffalo, New York on September 4, 1901. He had many plans when he got to Buffalo such as meeting the citizens of New York, and making known his economic theories. In Buffalo a man named Leon Czolgosz was planning to assassinate the president upon his arrival. The assassin planned on shooting him at the train station when McKinley arrived but he couldn't get close enough so he had to move on to plan B. The assassin got a chance to shoot the president after a speech given by McKinley. He succeeded in his plan in shooting the president. Leon sent McKinley to the hospital after shooting him in the abdomen. The president seemed to be recovering but unfortunately died on September 14, 1901. (143)
ReplyDeleteThe gilded age was diverse in 2 ways. It had many successes but it also had many failures. I believe that the Gilded Age should be remembered for its failures more than its successes. The reason for this is because the Gilded Age' s failures outnumbered it's successes. Some failures included the fact that sharecropping replaced slavery. Also crime increased as well due to the increasing population in cities. On the brighter side of things immigrants came to America because jobs increased and that gave many more people opportunities that they have never had before. The immigration also increased population in bigger cities such as New York.
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Mckinley arrived in Buffalo on September 6th. He stood at the head of the reception line in the Temple of Music while welcoming visitors. Leon Czolgosz approached him with a handkerchief wrapped around his right hand. When the president reached for his left hand, Czolgosz dropped the handkerchief and revealed a pistol.He fired twice. The first bullet bounced off of the presidents chest, but the second ripped through his stomach.Mckinley died eight days later of gangrene and infection from the gunshot wound. Czolgosz was put on trial on September 23rd and was presented guilty the next day.(100)
ReplyDeleteThe Gilded Age had many successes as well was its failures. It was successful in industrialization, urbanization, civil service reform and many other things. I believe the amount of failures outweigh the amount of successes. I think the Gilded Age should be remembered more for its failures because they affected the US very badly and negatively. Many failures included corruption in politics, Native American conflicts,Immigration, and the Jim Crow era. However, we can take these failures and learn from them as well as find the good in them.(100)
In 1901 McKinley arrived in Buffalo New York. His goal was to meet the people there and push his new economic ideas on free trade. Little did he know that Leon Czolgosz was waiting at the train station where McKinley was set to get off at. Czolgosz had a bullet with McKinley’s name on it. He was unable to get close enough to get a shot off. He followed him the rest of the day and on September 6, 1901 he shot William McKinley. McKinley was rushed to the hospital where he stayed for several days. For a couple of days he started to recover and people had high hopes for their president. He died September 14, 1901 early in the morning. Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in the following day. (136)
ReplyDeleteI think that Gilded Age could be looked at through both views. The positive is the advancements to society. The negative being corrupt government and social conflicts with different groups of people. I think that it is more negative. It was bad because the government was all but stable. Jim Crow laws were in force and a major percentage of Americans were not being seen as Americans. There were also still native conflicts. We were trying to steal their land from them still. They put up a fight just like anyone would when their land and livelihood is being ripped from their hands. overall I think the gilded age was a failure in the history books for America. (108)
In 1901 was when President McKinley arrived in Buffalo, New York. He was there for a Pan-American convention. There he planned to greet people and push his thoughts on free trade. When at the convention which was held at the Temple of Music, he greeted everyone there by shaking their hands. In doing this, he met a man by the name Leon Czolgosz. This man waited at the train station where McKinley was to exit out of. At first, he was unable to get to him, but finally when he did, he went to shake McKinley's hand. Leon's hand was covered with a handkerchief, then revealed a gun underneath it when McKinley was close enough. He then shot McKinley in the abdomen, and he was immediately rushed to the hospital. At first, it looked as if he was starting to get better, but that was not the case. For after these few days of hope, on September 14, 1901 only 8 days after he was shot, he died early in the morning. Only the day after was Roosevelt sworn into office as our next president. (186)
ReplyDeleteThe Gilded Age most certainly had its' pro's and its' con's. The better parts of this age was the social aspects of it all and the advancements that were made in that. The worse parts of this age was definitely the governmental problems and also conflicts between the people. Nothing seemed stable during this age, especially with an unstable government trying to lead them. Another one of the worse things that happened was the Jim Crow laws. These laws created a majority of the problems for the image of most citizens. There was also a lot more going on in this era as well, such as more conflict with the Natives as we were still trying to take land from them. Personally, I believe that The Gilded age should be represented and remembered as a negative time period and its' failures. I believe this because there were many more failures that we as Americans can still learn from in this day and age, to help us not fall into the bad times once again. (177)
President Mckinley was shot and killed in Buffalo, New York. This was less than a year into his second term. But this all started in September 1901 when he scheduled a visit to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. This was planned years in advance, but was postponed because of the Spanish-American war. There was a reception on September 6, and President Mckinley said “No one would wish to hurt me” He was wrong. President Mckinley stood at the front of the reception line, and a man named Leon Czolgosz had his right hand wrapped in a hankerchief, pulled out a pistol, and shot Mckinley twice.(107)
ReplyDeleteThe “Gilded Age” era should be known for all of its mishaps and failures. I believe “You can’t know where you are going until you know where have been. History is doomed to repeat itself if we can’t remember history for what it is. That is the good and the bad. History is somewhat repeating itself right now. With all of corruption in politics, hatred of immigrants, and racism going on in this country. History is doomed to repeat itself unless we do something about it. That is why we should remember history for the bad.(100)
Mckinley arrived in buffalo on September 4th. When he was at the train station a bullet from Leon Czolgosz was misfired and many people freaked out because they thought it was a bomb. It wasnt until September 6th that Leon got close to the presodent again. McKinley was shaking hands during a ten minute reception at the Pan-American exposition, even though he had been warned not to do so for his safety. He simply replied “No one would wish to hurt me” (famous last words). While McKinley was shaking hands Leon came up to shake his hand. He had a sweat rag on his left hand which went unoticed until he thrusted his left hand toward McKinley and shot twice with a gun he had hidden underneath the rag. The first bullet shot off a button on McKinleys chest but the second went deep into his stomach. McKinley was grabed by some officials and taken to a nearby chair where he was examined and waited for an amblience to arrive. Leon was jumped on by many of the surrounding men. McKinley told them not to be harsh to Leon and to tell his wife about the incident gently. Mckinley was rushed to a nearby hospital and not much was done for him there except when they realised there wasnt much they could do to help they stitched him back up witha good ol needle n thread. Mckinley seemed to be recovering well until September 14th when he mumbled “It is Gods way, his will, not ours, be done” before he died. 261 words
ReplyDeleteI am a generally optimistic person so I would say that we should remember the Guilded age for its successes. But we also learn from our mistakes and our failures so we must not forget the mistakes of that era either. There were good and bad things about the Guilded Age, but when has any “age” been perfect? America was made better by the industrialization, urbanization, and civil service reform during the Guilded age so these thing are important to remember. But we also much remember the things America did wrong during the Guilded age that way we do not do them again. The political corruption, Jim Crow laws, and the conflicts between Native Americans were all horrible things that happened during the Guilded age so I say that they too need to not be forgotten. You could make an argument for either side of the spectrum, but I make my argument for both. You cannot just remember the good in things because u will forget your mistakes that you learned from. You also cannot just remember the bad in things because you will not know the great accomplishments that came from it. 207 words
ReplyDeleteIt was 1901 McKinley was President and he was going to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York. He was going to Buffalo because it was going to have electricity. It was had been in work for many mouths but delayed because of Spanish-American war. This fair was huge for Buffalo. McKinley was going there to shake some hands. He was into the new things people were creating in the era. There were so many new things being created like the ex-ray. He gave a speech there that everyone loved. The man that shot him was going shot McKinley at the train station but did not shot. For everyone thought they heard a gunshot go off, but it was the train going off. Leon Czolgosz was shacking hands with McKinley when he he had towel was wrap around his hand, the. He shot him their.(145)
The Gilded Age should be remembered as the era of industrialization, urbanization, civil service reform. For it might have killed President McKinley, but President Roosevelt become President and helped in his own way. This era also created some of the greatest inventions in history like Electricity. This was at of at the Pan-American Exposition. They had light at this Exposition, they had so many new things. McKinley loved all the new things that was being created. This was awesome Era for all things new and bright. So when people start saying that this era had death in it they are right, but they also had so much new things in it. They brought new ideas people that created them.(119)
President William McKinley went on a train to Buffalo, New York in 1901 for the Pan-American Exposition. He was also coming to help push his new idea of free trade. He wanted to come to Buffalo, york to shake some hands and be friendly. He was shifting gears from what he previously did. McKinley got to Buffalo on September 4. On September 5, he went to give a speech about free trade, and everybody loved it. Fifty thousand people came to listen to his ideas. The next day, he goes to Niagara falls with his wife. Then he went to briefly shake some hands with people. He got shot by Leon Czolgosz, twice. He was shot in the stomach and died from Gangrene days later. (125)
ReplyDeleteI would say that the gilded age was a success. Yes, sharecropping was basically slavery, but I think that our country benefited as a whole from the gilded age. We had all new kinds of immigrants. We had a booming economy compared to before. There was a platform built for what we have today. The opportunities were endless. We developed into a country over this period. One negative thing about the gilded age was the crime. The downside of having all of these immigrants come into the country is a crime. Bad habits and flaws from other countries seeped into the United States. But, I think that in the long run, our country benefitted from the gilded age. (118)
President William Mckinly arrived in Buffalo on September 4th 1901, he was at a train station when a bullet was "misfired" and started a panic. The shooters name was Leon Czolgosz. Leon had another opportunity to attack the president while he "welcomed do vistors at the Exposition’s stadium." He was shaking hands and fellow shipping with people at short reception at the Temple of Music when people directly warned him that was a risk. Then something no one saw coming, not even Mckinly himself happened. Leon C. Had shot him. He shot him twice. The first time it barly missed him, the second time the bullet plunged into his stomach. As President Mckinly was waiting for medical attention many man attacked the shooter and brought him down. There wasn't much the doctors could do for Mckinly so it must of been Gids will for him to pass. He died on September 14th even after everyone thought he would survive this horrible thing that happened to him. (166)
ReplyDeleteAs many successes as the gilded age had in urbanization, industrialization, and civil reform. It had just as many failures like all the curuption in politics, crime increase, and the belief that sharwcropping replaced slavery. Even though not all things that happened during this time were bad I still I believe the Gilded Age should be remembered by its failures because it had so many more bad things happen that's still affect us to this day than good things. (100)