Political Party: Republican Terms: 1897-1901
Era
- Period 7 (1890-1945)
- Gilded Age/Progressive Era
- Imperialism
Political Policies
- Accused of negligence, corruption, and forcing soldiers to eat embalmed beef
- Did little for Black Americans
- Forced Hawaii into the Union
- Gold Standard Act
Social Policies
- Protected workers from employers
- Condemned lynching
- Appointed African Americans to political positions
- Social Gospel Movement
Economic Policies
- Dingley Tariff 1897, protected industry and factories after the Panic of 1893
- Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899)
- Gold Standard Act (1900)
Foreign Policy Developments
- Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
- Spanish-American War (1898)
- Open Door Policy (1899)
- Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)
- Philippine-American War (1899-1902)