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The Abridgment, Vol. 4: Message From the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Third Session of the Fifty-Fifth Congress, With the Reports of the Heads o
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The following reports and papers, forming an appendix to the report of the Bureau for the year and relating to the operations of the war with Spain, and covering as well important operations of the Depart ment before, during, and after the war, have been collected, arranged, and edited by Ensign H. H. Ward, under the direction of the Bureau. The nature of these papers, coming from many different sources, reporting various Operations, and covering irregular periods of the, makes it impossible to arrange them so that they will form a continuous narrative. An attempt has been made, however, to group them, so that by consulting the table of contents information in regard to any general subject may readily be found. The general headings under which the reports are arranged are mainly as follows....
The following reports and papers, forming an appendix to the report of the Bureau for the year and relating to the operations of the war with Spain, and covering as well important operations of the Depart ment before, during, and after the war, have been collected, arranged, and edited by Ensign H. H. Ward, under the direction of the Bureau. The nature of these papers, coming from many different sources, reporting various Operations, and covering irregular periods of the, makes it impossible to arrange them so that they will form a continuous narrative. An attempt has been made, however, to group them, so that by consulting the table of contents information in regard to any general subject may readily be found. The general headings under which the reports are arranged are mainly as follows....
870 pages, Hardcover
Published August 24, 2018
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William McKinley
221 books7 followersWilliam McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected.
By the 1880s, this Ohio native was a nationally known Republican leader; his signature issue was high tariffs on imports as a formula for prosperity, as typified by his McKinley Tariff of 1890. As the Republican candidate in the 1896 presidential election, he upheld the gold standard, and promoted pluralism among ethnic groups. His campaign, designed by Mark Hanna, introduced new advertising-style campaign techniques that revolutionized campaign practices and beat back the crusading of his arch-rival, William Jennings Bryan. The 1896 election is often considered a realigning election that marked the beginning of the Progressive Era.
McKinley presided over a return to prosperity after the Panic of 1893 and was reelected in 1900 after another intense campaign against Bryan, this one focused on foreign policy. As president, he fought the Spanish-American War. McKinley for months resisted the public demand for war, which was based on news of Spanish atrocities in Cuba, but was unable to get Spain to agree to implement reforms immediately. Later he annexed the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam, as well as Hawaii, and set up a protectorate over Cuba. He was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, and succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
By the 1880s, this Ohio native was a nationally known Republican leader; his signature issue was high tariffs on imports as a formula for prosperity, as typified by his McKinley Tariff of 1890. As the Republican candidate in the 1896 presidential election, he upheld the gold standard, and promoted pluralism among ethnic groups. His campaign, designed by Mark Hanna, introduced new advertising-style campaign techniques that revolutionized campaign practices and beat back the crusading of his arch-rival, William Jennings Bryan. The 1896 election is often considered a realigning election that marked the beginning of the Progressive Era.
McKinley presided over a return to prosperity after the Panic of 1893 and was reelected in 1900 after another intense campaign against Bryan, this one focused on foreign policy. As president, he fought the Spanish-American War. McKinley for months resisted the public demand for war, which was based on news of Spanish atrocities in Cuba, but was unable to get Spain to agree to implement reforms immediately. Later he annexed the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam, as well as Hawaii, and set up a protectorate over Cuba. He was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, and succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
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