William
McKinley
Even though his term as president was short, McKinley did
impact America in more ways than one. Beginning with his Gold Standard Act and
ending with his assassination, McKinley raised the economy out of poverty and
gained the United States six new territories. In the Spanish-American War, he bypassed both his
Secretary of War and the commanding general to the army. Taking advice from
Adjutant General Henry Corbin, he found new strategies to win. He expanded America's trades over seas and began working to compete for China’s trades he ended up
creating an Open Door Policy in which no country could try to take over China,
but all could trade with the small country.
McKinley beat William Bryan in his second run at presidency
by a landslide. However a few months after his second inauguration he was shot
twice in the abdomen by Leon Czolgosz while delivering a speech to the public. Though he didn’t die from the gun shots, he came down with gangrene which later
killed him. His body was laid to rest in a tomb in Canton, Ohio.
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