HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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William McKinley
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William Taft
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Benjamin Harrison
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Detailed explanation-1: -President McKinley attempted to prevent war and endeavored to persuade the Spanish government to adopt a conciliatory policy with the Cuban insurrectionists. The Spanish government yielded too late to restrain the popular demand in the United States for intervention.
Detailed explanation-2: -Theodore Roosevelt-The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Hispanic Division, Library of Congress)
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Ida Saxton McKinley was the wife of the 25th President, William McKinley. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901.