William Mckinley, A Influential Leader For Making The United States

William Howard Taft was Americas 27th president. William was born on September 15, 1857. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio into the Taft family. Taft’s dad, Alphonso Taft was a lawyer and public official; he was Presidents Grant’s secretary of war. Taft’s father was a lawyer. William’s mother Louise Maria Taft was Alphonso’s second wife. William had two half brothers, two brothers and one sister. His ancestry consists of English, Scotch-Irish. William attended a public school in Cincinnati. He went to Woodward High School and then Yale University in 1874. He was quite a smart boy; he graduated second in his whole class of Yale University. Williams’s father also attended Yale and graduated in 1833 to later become a tutor at Yale. Taft, after

William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio, a town of about 300 people. He was the 7th child born to William and Nancy Alison McKinley His family moved to Poland, Ohio when he was nine years old so that the children could go to a private school called the Poland Academy. In school William liked to read, debate, and he was the president of the school’s first debate club. When he was 16 he went to Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, for a while before he got sick and had to return home .he did not go back to Meadville, because the family had no money. Instead, he worked as a postal clerk for awhile.

    Economically, Wilson followed a similar strategy by administering legislative acts and systems, such as working to lower tariff rates as well as to establish a new type of banking system. Following this effort to curb big business, Wilson tried to lower tariff rates by lobbying in 1913 for the Underwood Act, which would substantially reduce the rates. Because of Wilson’s efforts and perseverance in addressing the issue, “...the new president’s use of the bully pulpit, the Senate voted to cut tariff rates even more deeply than the House had done,” (The Americans 333). Wilson’s persistence in acquiring this reduction of tariff and a greater need to find a way to restore the money that will be lost by these cuts (Federal Income Tax) shows especially how Wilson has economically impacted the Progressive Era. Along with reducing tariff rates, Wilson also aided the era by establishing the Federal Reserve System.

Theodor Roosevelt, our 26th president, was a gruff politician who had a huge impact on America. He is known for his accomplishments in the political, social, and business world during the Progressive Era. His accomplishments helped shape America, and because of this influence, he is one of the faces found on Mount Rushmore.

This bill, the first of its kind, promoted an involved Federal Government actively reinforcing fair business practices across the country. Unfortunately, the change occurred over a decade prior to the Gilded Age’s onset and did not force the aggressive and proactive measures needed to balance the damage already done. As a result, the Federal Government did not become fully involved in the economic crisis until after the Gilded Age

A tariff is a tax on foreign goods. The price of foreign goods increases with the tax, and provides revenue for the government, which makes American products more appealing. This is because the foreign goods that were cheaper are now more expensive. However, why was there a need for tariffs in the early 19th century (1800)? The reason is because, American industries were young, Britain flooded the US market with cheap goods after the War of 1812, and foreign goods have been often cheaper. In order to make sure American businesses could prosper, there had to be tariffs on the foreign goods. The tariff of 1816 was the first substantial protective tariff of the American System; supported by Henry Clay, but opposed by John C. Calhoun and Southern cotton growers. The tariff of 1824 increased the rate of the protective tariff and opposition in the South grew. In the Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations), there were higher protective tariffs to New England Mills; and Southerners were outraged including Calhoun.

1913: Helped pass the Underwood Tariff to decrease import price and create graduated income tax under 16th amendment

Tariffs plagued the president also many times, but the most remembered were the “Tariff of Abominations” in 1828, and the tariff of 1832. South Carolina passed an Ordinance of Nullification, and upset Jackson tremendously. They stated that those tariffs were null and void to South Carolina, and it would be unlawful to collect for duties. They also had the nerve to warn the

During his presidency he faced numerous issues affecting the nation at the time. His reactions to the issues were often enacted with good intentions but horrible results. Or more often, his reactions were often of "fix it and forget it". His heavy handed Indian removal policy was quickly enacted without the initial cooperation of tribal officers. The removal policy was also one of submission rather than cooperation. To date, his administration is the only one to have paid off the national debt. However, this only lasted one year and was followed by a four year long depression. Another important reaction was the "nullification crisis" or the "succession crisis". Due to the "Tariff of Abominations" the southern states felt as though they were being punished by the taxes and the northern states rewarded. President Jackson threatened military action to enforce the law, which may be considered as one of the initial roots of the coming civil war.

Henry Clay successfully placed War Hawks in appropriate committees, and the War of 1812 ensued. After the war, foreign goods flooded America with low prices, so Henry Clay endorsed what he called “The American System.” Henry Clay proposed a tariff on foreign goods, to boost American sales as well as provide funds for internal improvements. The passing of this tariff would allow foreign prices to rise and would result in Americans buying domestic good providing more jobs and a stronger economy. Clay stated the American System basically as, “Make at home what we have been buying abroad- and in that way we will get out of debt, and keep our money. A

"Bigness not badness was the sin" (Miller). The biggest step that Roosevelt did using the Sherman Act was stopping the Northern Securities Company from having a monopoly on the railroad industry in the North. The Great Northern railroad company wanted to merge with the Northern Pacific railroad company. Even though this was a part of the railroad industry Roosevelt did not like where the merge might lead in the future, because he wanted to insure that other corporations could compete. He also broke up the Standard Oil Trust and the Tobacco Trust. He felt that they were getting too large and smaller companies had no where to go. In seven and a half years Theodore Roosevelt had 44 prosecutions using the Sherman Act (Howland).

After the election of 1838, a dispute in the House of Representatives arose as five congressmen from New Jersey were elected. The outcome would determine whether the Whigs or Democrats would have a majority over the House. During this time period, Millard Fillmore gave some of the most important, persuading, and passionate speeches of his political career. During the same time, there was a battle on tariffs, the tax on imported goods. Fillmore devoted himself to preserving the high tariffs that were in effect at that time, but also wanted to keep President John Tyler in political trouble since he believed that Tyler had betrayed the Whig party. Fillmore accomplished both feats with great political skill.

Rauchway’s argument was that Roosevelt was more for social, economic, and political change, while McKinley was more for the industrial, economic change. The author supports their argument by explaining to the reader the beliefs of both representatives and the impact they made on the citizens of America. For example, McKinley was an advocate for industrialization, bettering the economy and also expanding out aspirations by making us an international colonial empire instead of being just a continental republic. (Rauchway, pg.6) However, by this being done it caused for child labor to increase and poverty to increase. Which was a reason why Czolgosz, a Polish immigrant that was poor and worked in factories in order to survived, killed McKinley because he couldn’t take the absurd political conviction; he believed that Republicans were in politics for the money. (Rauchway, pg.26)

To begin with, Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28th, 1856 and passed away on February 3, 1924. His home as a boy was in Columbia, South Carolina from 1870-1874. Woodrow Wilson’s house in Washington, D.C became a presidential museum. How cool is that! Woodrow Wilson’s father was Joseph Ruggles Wilson and his mother’s name was Jessie Janet Woodrow Wilson. Wilson first married Ellen Louise Axson in 1860-1914. Their

The Glass-Stbagall Banking Reform Act, which forbade banks to invest customers' money into the stock market. President Roosevelt also tried to better the economy by causing inflation. Inflation would cause an increase in prices and businesses would make more profit and the economy would boom.