HIST-103 Lecture Notes - Coal Strike Of 1902, Great White Fleet, Lincoln Steffens
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Vice President when the century began, then William McKinley was assassinated he became President
Expanded the use of the Presidential Power
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Presidents are to Execute congress's laws
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"Father of Modern American Presidency "- Exercised the Presidential Power -
A Progressive
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Liberal Republican
Republican
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Elected 1896 to 1901
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WWI, WWII, 1812, Mexican-American, Spanish-American
1898 - Hong Kong Post (Manila Harbor) - sank a Spanish Fleet
The USS Olympia, a flagship, Dewey was the Captain, in Philadelphia now
Ruff Riders:
Battle of San Juan Hill
Spain American War - 1898 (One of 5 major American wars, since the Constitution)
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Running for re-election
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Assassinated in 1901
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Behind McKinley to make president
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Mark Hanna
25th President: William McKinley -
Life:
Background
Educated in Europe by private tutors & Harvard Graduate
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Privileged youth - trying to overcome them / Wealthy man, he was upper-class
Asthma
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Overcome the sicken by getting stronger and active life "Strenuous life"
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Sickly: made him want to be active
Wife: Alice Hathaway Lee: died after giving birth
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Marriage:
He was joyful, war-like-spirit, good people skills
War Hero from Spanish-American War
He craved the office
Felt the US needed a good war to put it on the map
Steel Navy, Coal to fuel
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Steel the new modern "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
Had to deal with business peoples like butches or liquor sellers
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Machine politics: "Political Machine" : a number of people would run politics behind the scene
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Politics were beneath "his class":
Went to the Wild West
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Police Commissioner
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Right before the Spanish-American War
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He liked war
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Assistant Sectary of the Navy
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Made up of people throughout his life
Ruff Riders - Kernel
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Early Life:
26th: Theodore Roosevelt - Republican - Bull Moose Party
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