AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Buffalo, New York
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Birmingham, Alabama
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Washington, D.C.
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Detailed explanation-1: -William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term.
Detailed explanation-2: -President William McKinley (1843-1901) dies on September 14, 1901 of complications from bullet wounds inflicted by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot the President during one of his public appearances at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today, Fordham Drive on the north side of Buffalo, New York, runs through a pleasant-looking neighborhood of older homes. But in 1901 the space was occupied by the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition, the World’s Fair of its day.