McKINLEY 



McKINLEY 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON WILLIAM McKINLEY 



Outline 



I. Early Years 



(1) Ancestry and birth 



(2) Education 



(3) Military career 



(a) Enlistment 



(b) Battles in which he took part 



(c) Bravery 



(d) Promotion 



(4) As a lawyer 



II. Political Career 



(1) Prosecuting attorney of Ohio 



(2) In Congress 



(a) Attitude on important questions 



(b) Important committee work 



(c) Influence in his party 



(d) McKinley Tariff Act 



(e) Sherman Law 



(3) As governor of Ohio 



(a) Policies 



(b) Achievements 



(4) Election of 1896 



(a) Candidates 



(b) Issues 



(c) Campaign methods 



(d) Results 



III. Administration 



(1) Governmental affairs 

 (a) Dingley Tariff Act 

 (b> Annexation of Hawaii 



(c) Annexation of Tutuila 



(d) Spanish- American War 



1. Causes 



2. Chief battles 



3. Results 



(e) Philippine insurrection 



(f) Hay-Pauncefote Treaty 



(g) Antitrust movement 

 (h) Gold Standard Act 

 (i) Boxer Rebellion 

 (j) Election of 1900 



(2) Other affairs 



(a) Galveston flood 



(b) Gold discovered in Alaska 



(c) Grant's tomb dedicated 



(d) Pan-American Exposition 



(e) Assassination of President 



Questions 



Whom did McKinley twice defeat for election to the Presidency? What were 

 the chief issues in the contest? 



Who was Aguinaldo? What famous soldier brought about his capture? 



What is meant by the "Boxer" Rebellion? Why was the part taken by the 

 United States in connection with this significant? 



When and where was the Pan-American Exposition held? What tragedy took 

 place there? 



What future President of the United States was colonel of McKinley's regiment 

 during the War of Secession? 



What change took place in McKinley's attitude toward the tariff question? How 

 do you account for it? 



What were the chief causes of his first election to Congress? How many times 

 was he reflected? 



What was there unusual about McKinley's campaign methods when he was run- 

 ning for President? Why did he adopt this method? 



How much territory did the United States own at the end of his administration 

 which it did not own at the beginning? 



What important event does the slogan "Remember the Maine!" recall? 



How did the Spanish-American War affect the length of the water route from 

 New York to California? 



What future President had much to do with establishing order in one of the new 

 possessions of the United States? 



