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Title: William McKinley


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William McKinley
  • Brooke Alumbaugh Kimberly Huron
  • Coach White
  • U.S. History- 4

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William McKinley
  • William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843, in
    Niles, Ohio
  • When he was 17, William entered Allegheny College
    in Meadville, Pennsylvania, but health problems
    and his family's tight finances forced him to
    leave after one year.

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William McKinley
  • He clerked for a short while at the post office
    in Poland, Ohio, after which he taught school.
    His Midwestern tranquility was soon shattered by
    the Civil War, and in spring 1861 he joined the
    Union army.
  • McKinley and Ida Saxton married on January 24,
    1871, and their first child, Katherine, was born
    on Christmas Day. In 1873, they lost their second
    child during its birth and Katherine died in
    1875.
  • Soon became the 25th president of the U.S.
  • Defined by the Spanish-American War and the
    conquest of the Philippines, William McKinley's
    presidency established the power and prestige
    that characterize the modern office. The third
    U.S. president to be assassinated, McKinley was
    shot by an anarchist in Buffalo, New York, on
    September 6, 1901.

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What He Was Known For!!
  • Under his guidance, the United States won the
    Spanish-American War (1898) and captured,
    purchased, or otherwise gained possession of
    Guam, Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and
    American Samoa.

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Why Is This Important??
  • He helped bring an end to Spain's empire in the
    Americas.
  • It gave the United States the Philippines, Puerto
    Rico, and Guam.

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Websites Used
  • http//www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/
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