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William McKinley | |
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| Born | January 29, 1843 Niles, Ohio, United States |
| Died | September 14, 1901 Buffalo, New York, United States |
| Cause of death | Infection from gunshot wound |
| Nationality | Statesian |
| Political orientation | Imperialism |
| Political party | Republican |
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, ruling from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. Previously he served as a representative in the house for an Ohio district from 1877 to 1891 before serving as Governor of Ohio from 1892 to 1896. He took power after the United States had already conquered its continental territory and went to war with Spain to expand U.S. rule to Guam, Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Samoa.[1]
Presidency[edit | edit source]
Foreign Policy[edit | edit source]
McKinley's government launched the Spanish-Statesian War in 1898, allowing the United States to expand its rule. During this war the Philippines declared the First Philippine Republic and as Spain was unable to maintain control over it, it sold the colony to the U.S. for $20 million as they retreated.[2]
The U.S. subsequently landed troops in the Philippines to crush the newly independent state and committed genocide against the local population, killing as many as 1.4 to 3 million people, most of who were civilians. McKinley justified the invasion as a "humanitarian intervention" believing that the native population was unfit to rule their own land and regarded it as his Christian duty to "uplift and civilize then Christianize them.”[2]
Assassination[edit | edit source]
The anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot and killed McKinley in September 1901 at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Following the assassination, Emma Goldman was imprisoned for two weeks for allegedly inspiring the assassination but was released.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Ed Rampell (2022-03-18). "Oliver Stone Criticizes Stephen Sondheim for Promoting Lone JFK Assassin Theory in Broadway Musical “Assassins”" CovertAction Magazine.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 A.B. Abrams (2023). Power and Primacy: A History of Western Intervention in the Asia-Pacific: 2023 Updated Edition: 'America in the Philippines: Establishing a Colony and Later Neo-Colony in the Pacific'.