The Tariff King: President William McKinley 1 | US History

Before Teddy Roosevelt stole the spotlight, William McKinley rewrote the rules. From the blood-soaked fields of Antietam to the annexation of Hawaii and the tariff wars that upended global trade, McKinley quietly transformed the U.S. into a rising world power. Yet today, he's remembered mostly for...

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