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Timeline notes on McKinley for manuscript.Entry/Object ID
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25th President of the United States 1897-1901
William took office March 4, 1897 with Garret A. Hobart as his Vice President.
William was our last Civil War President. (most polished)
He was the most traveled presidentof his time.
The first president to be filmed in 1896.
1899 The first president to ride in an automobile (a Stanley Steamer)
He would have his own version of the Presidential Seal.
Wrote most of his speeches.
(can you find the differences?)
He was the first president to make provisions for the press.
Do you kow what his favorite pets were? A horse named Midnight and a parrot that could whistle a few lines of "Yankee Doodle."
Under his leadership the United States became a World Power.
April 25 (21) - December 24, 1898
When we won the Spanish-American War, we acquired Cuba, Guam, the Phillippines Islands and Puerto Rico.
Hawaii was annexed in 1898.
The Boxer Rebellion brought the Somoan Group and Tutuila under our rule.
1900 re-elected President - Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President
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