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)