In 1901 America was forced to mourn a third president's death in the past thirty-five years.
Lincoln, Garfield and now...William McKinley.
Do some research for this week's blog. Answer each question with 50 words to obtain your 200 words for this week.
1) What was William McKinley like, politically? Did he align with "big business" or the "common man"?
2) Why was he in Buffalo, NY when he was shot?
3) Why was he killed?
4) Teddy Roosevelt took over as POTUS when McKinley died. How was Teddy different from McKinley?
1. What was William McKinley like, politically? Did he align with “big business” or the “common man”?
ReplyDeleteDuring the campaign of 1896, William McKinley, a Republican, endorsed the gold standard and tariffs to restore national prosperity. His views appealed to both labor and business. In 1900, McKinley campaigned against William Jennings Bryan. While Bryan criticized McKinley’s imperialism, McKinley quietly stood for “the full dinner pail.” His approach was to meet with small groups on his front porch rather than travel and give speeches to large crowds. (69)
2. Why was he in Buffalo, NY when he was shot?
McKinley was elected to a second term as president in 1900. On September 6, 1901, he attended the World’s Fair known as the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He enjoyed meeting people and had refused the security available to him. He was shaking hands when a man shot him. McKinley died on September 14th from the gunshot wounds. (59)
3. Why was he killed?
Leon Czolgosz shot McKinley. He had lost his job during the economic depression of 1893 and turned to political anarchism. He regarded McKinley as a symbol of oppression and was convinced that it was his duty to kill him. He shot him twice. One bullet grazed the President, but the other entered his stomach and was never found. (58)
4. Teddy Roosevelt took over as POTUS when McKinley died. How was Teddy different from McKinley?
In McKinley’s first term, he didn’t want to support Cuba’s fight for independence from Spain. Roosevelt led the “Rough Riders” to support Cuba and worked to change McKinley’s mind. This effort and the Spanish-American War resulted in the expansion of the United States by adding Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and later, Hawaii and the Panama Canal. When Roosevelt became president after the assassination of McKinley, he inherited McKinley’s policies and programs. McKinley had promised to continue his programs such as the gold standard and expansionism which promoted greater U.S. involvement in foreign nations. Roosevelt, expressed skepticism but vowed to preserve and expand McKinley’s programs. (106)
William Mckinley was a firm believer in american industry, after leading the nation to victory in the spanish-american war he raised tariffs to promote american industry and goods. William mckinley cared about the products that were being produced and wanted our country to be built by what we made rather than foreign goods.
ReplyDeletePresident mckinley was at the world's fair in Buffalo, New York when he was shot. He was shot by a deranged anarchist when he was trying to shake his hand. William mckinely died 8 days later from his wound.
William mckinely was killed by Leon Czolgosz because as an anarchist he felt mckinley was a symbol for oppression and felt that it was his duty to kill him for the good of america. Leon was executed 7 weeks later by the electric chair. There is a plaque in Buffalo, New York for president mckinley where he was shot.
President roosevelt brought a new energy and agenda to the white house after his sudden and unexpected election from the assassination of mckinley. He was known as the “trust buster” for his efforts to break up industrial combinations. He was also a dedicated conservationist, setting aside 200 million acres for national forests
William McKinly would be considered part of the big business back then and still now to this day. He entered into politics in 1869, and throughout 14 years in Congress he served as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee and became very well known in economic protectionism. McKinley won the Republican nomination for President in 1896. Mckinley highly supported the Dingley Tariff Act which was was and is still known as the highest protective tariff in American history. This position helped strengthen his roles in organized labor. (89)
ReplyDeleteAfter McKinley’s second inauguration in March 1901, he went on a tour of the western states. The tour ended in Buffalo, New York, where he then gave a speech on September 5th in front of 50,000 people at the Pan American Exposition. The day after, McKinley was standing in a receiving line at the exposition shaking hands with his supporters when Leon Czolgosz shot him twice. (66)
Mckinley was killed by Leon Czolgosz who was an anarchist. Leon stated, “It was in my heart, there was no escape for me. All those people seemed bowing to the great ruler. I made up my mind to kill that ruler.” Leon was not a supporter of Mckinley and saw him as the “enemy of the people.” (57)
Theodore Roosevelt took over the Presidency in September 1901 after the assassination of Mckinley. Roosevelt kept many of McKinley’s policies and programs alive and running. During McKinley’s second term in office he promised to continue “programs of prosperity” which was to help keep the United States out of the depression of 1893. (52)
1) What was William McKinley like, politically? Did he align with "big business" or the "common man"?
ReplyDeleteWilliam McKinley was the 25th president of the United States and was known as a businessman. He was a Republican and brought America prosperity. He invested highly into big companies and places high tax tariffs on trade.
2) Why was he in Buffalo, NY when he was shot?
President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music. The man who shot President William McKinley said “I killed the president because he was the enemy of the good people—the working people.” President William McKinley was there and accompanied by a crowd of 116,000 to give a speech about him entering his second term as president
3) Why was he killed?
The man who shot President William McKinley said “I killed the president because he was the enemy of the good people—the working people.”
4) Teddy Roosevelt took over as POTUS when McKinley died. How was Teddy different from McKinley?
President Teddy Roosevelt basically lived out his president's how President William McKinley . (210)
ReplyDelete1. What was William McKinley like, politically? Did he align with "big business" or the "common man"? He was a republican whom supported the gold standard. He wanted the US to prosper by keeping the money circulating within the country by imposing tariffs to promote buying US products over foreign products. Whcih is an ideal whcih primarily helps business owners as compared to consumers thus , he was pro-“big business”(70)
2. Why was he in Buffalo, NY when he was shot?
He was in Buffalo, NY due to the fact that the world’s fair man was occurring there. He wanted to meet people personally and refused to have the security with him while shaking peoples hands at the world’s fair.(50)
3. Why was he killed?
He was killed because Leon Czolgosz shot him . His(alleged) reason for doing such was that he had previously lost his job due to the depression of 1938 and thus blamed and saw Mckinly as an oppresser. Concluding that it would be doing the world a favor to kill him. Mckinly was shot twice resulting in his death 8 days later.
4) Teddy Roosevelt took over as POTUS when McKinley died. How was Teddy different from McKinley? Roosevelt was an imperialist as opposed to Mckinly. He opposed and sought to break up industrial combinations contrary to Mckinly of whom was pro-“big business”
President McKinley was a hard worker being apart of the big business. He wanted the us to succeed by enforcing tariffs on buying US products with foreign countries. This helped business owners by getting more money which is good because they needed it to run a business. He was known as a big business. (50)
ReplyDeleteHe was in NY visiting the Pan American Exposition at the Temple of music. He decided not to have the security with him so that he could meet and shake hands with people. When a man approached him with a handkerchief over his right hand that had the gun in it. Then McKinley reached to shake his left and when they shook hands he was shot twice in the abdomen.(50)
He was killed because a guy named Leon shot him because he lost his job due to the fact that it was during the Great Depression so he blamed William McKinley who was the president. Believing that it was his fault he saw it good to kill him because he thought it would do the world good.(50)
Teddy Roosevelt who was the Vice President took over because of the death of McKinley. Roosevelt promised at this point to get the US out of the depression but he kept most of McKinley’s policies going. Roosevelt was also an imperialist.(50)
President Mckinley was more of a business man, he wanted to help America grow and so he ws heavily involved with business, he would be involved with raise the tariffs after the Spanish- American war. He tried to make America better financially so he was definitely involved in the business industry.(51)
ReplyDeleteHe was in Buffalo for the World’s Fair, otherwise known as the Pan-American Exposition at the temple of music, that is the spot that he was shot at twice. One grazed the president, and the other went into the president’s stomach. He was accompanied by a large crowd while he was there.(52)
The man who killed him, Leon Czolgosz, said the he was against the hard working people of America, he said that he was oppressive against the workers and anyone who does labor. He was very against president Mckinley, and so he showed up to the Worlds Fair and shot him twice.(51)
President Mckinley died, and Roosevelt filled his place, Roosevelt was a lot more demanding of his officers, and he wanted to make sure that he corrected a lot of things in the white house when he got to the white house. He wanted changes to be made immediately when he got there.(52)
William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States, he lead the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War and raising protective tariffs to promote American industry. I would consider him more of big business person because he really promoted the industry of America as well as raising tariffs. (50)
ReplyDeleteIn 1901, the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition, which was considered the World's Fair of its time is where President William McKinley was shot as he tried to shake hands with Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. President Mckinley attended this event as well as a crowd of 116,000 and was to give a speech about him entering his second term. (62)
Czolgosz claimed to have killed McKinley because he was the head of what Czolgosz thought was a corrupt government. He was convicted and executed in an electric chair on October 29, 1901. His last words were “I killed the president because he was the enemy of the good people—the working people.” (51)
When Theodore Roosevelt took over the presidency in 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley, he inherited many of McKinley’s policies and programs. During McKinley’s second run for office, he promised to continue programs of prosperity intended to lift the U.S. out of the depression of 1893. Roosevelt vowed to preserve and expand McKinley’s programs. (56)
1)McKinley supported big businesses and his support for them was main reason for why he won the election. His opponent was Jennings Bryan who wanted to destroy the businesses and their business practices and greatly supported the common man. McKinley raised tariffs to promote American industries and stuck with the gold standard.
ReplyDelete2)McKinley was in Buffalo to give a speech at a world fair(the pan America exposition). He was not afraid of threats even with the Assassination of both Lincoln and Garfield and brought with very little security. His speech was going to be short and afterwords he was to have an audience with the public.
3) He was killed by Leon Czolgosz during his speech. Leon had a revolver wrapped in a white handkerchief and went to the front of the podium. When he reached his hand out with the gun to McKinley and McKinley reached his out as well expecting to give him a handshake, but was instead shot point blank in the abdomen. Leon thought the government was corrupt and encouraged by a speech by Emma Goldman. Emma was an anarchist and stated that all world leaders should be eliminated.
4) McKinley did survive the gun shot, but was inflicted by gangrene as a result and was rushed by two teams of horses down a mountain two a train that took him to buffalo. The ride was 12 hours long and by the time they arrived, he was already dead. Theodore Roosevelt was appointed to office just 11 days after McKinley was shot and became the youngest president in American history at the age of 42. He was go against McKinley in a way and attacked big businesses and was anti-labor. He is also the reason for most of the National parks we have today.
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