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    Hartville History

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    Hartville‚ located in Lake Township‚ Stark County at the intersection of Ohio state routes 619 and 43 is a thriving village of 2‚122 people. At one time the village was nicknamed “Crossroads for Industry.” The name Hartville came from two early settler’s John MoreHART and John WILLis. The German name Willis was pronounced Villis. The first white men were hunters and trappers. The fertile soil of the area was soon sought after for grain‚ and feed‚ and the muck farms are famous for growing vegetables

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    following. In terms of voters and parties’ associations with the people‚ Republicans had more powerful in political‚ social and economical relations than the Democrats. Republicans were popular with big business and urban voters. For instance‚ William McKinley‚ the president of 1896-1909 raising protective tariff to promote American industry which benefits trade businessmen and Roosevelt attacking on corruption which favors the general public. Mark Hanna‚ a clever political strategist was also one

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    Gilded Age Dbq

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    McKinley was from Ohio. He imposed a tariff bill that would impose tariffs on imports. McKinley‚ a Republican‚ was a big protectionist‚ essentially meaning that he wanted to preserve United States production value versus foreign resources. The tariff raised the average duty on imports to the United

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    Ideology” abroad and the “Square Deal” at home‚ expanded the influence of the government on manifold levels. Two cases‚ however‚ that of trust-busting and that of conservation‚ specifically accentuate this expansion. In the year 1901‚ President William McKinley had just been assassinated‚ and America needed a leader to which she could turn to. Theodore Roosevelt became the new president‚ and unbeknownst to the people‚ would immortalize the presidency forever. Roosevelt made considerable efforts at the

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    William McKinley‚ in his first inaugural address on March 4‚ 1897‚ explicitly stated  that according to the principle foundation of the U.S. government‚ it is his duty to keep  peaceful relations with foreign countries. Directly adopting George Washington’s advice  in his farewell address of 1792‚ McKinley states‚ “ It will be our aim to pursue a firm and  dignified foreign policy‚ which shall be just‚ impartial‚ ever watchful of our national  honor..”.1 Essentially‚ McKinley entered office with the belief that it is only best to have a 

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    Annexation of Hawaii

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    Also‚ the United States established a U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in the late 1880s. The sugar growing industry is where the annexation of Hawaii started to begin or was the root cause of the annexation. In 1890 Congress approved the McKinley Tariff; this tariff raised the rates on sugar being imported into the United States from foreign countries. The raised rates caused a financial hardship on the sugar farmers of the Hawaiian Islands. The American sugar farmers knew if the islands

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    of these forces along with the Industrial Revolution played a role in the start of imperialism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The teachings of survival of the fittest had a great impact on the start of imperialism. In Document 5 William L. Langer states “…the economic side…must not be allowed to hide the other factors. Psychologically speaking…evolutionary teaching [about the “survival of the fittest”] was perhaps the most critical.” Langer is basically saying that the teaching of

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    united states of America and helped America progress to what it is today. One of his surprising accomplishments is that until this day‚ Roosevelt is the one of youngest presidents. He took office at 42 years old‚ following the assassination of William McKinley for who he served office as vice president. Roosevelt had many important jobs and accomplishments way long before becoming

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    fellow soldiers were getting low on moral‚ future President William McKinley under no orders from a commanding officer‚ brought hot coffee and food to every soldier in his regiment. After the war‚ McKinley went on to become Governor of Ohio and Congressman of Ohio. He was elected twice as President of the United States before being assassinated on September 6th 1901. On October 13th 1903‚ the Ohio Battlefield Commission dedicated the McKinley monument in his honor‚ on the spot where he delivered coffee

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    to foreign policy began during his term as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley. He advocated war against Spain and mobilized the Navy while his boss was away. When the U.S. declared war on Spain‚ Roosevelt assembled the Rough Riders and led the First Volunteer Cavalry to victory on Cuba’s San Juan Hill in 1898. Pbs.org also reports that as President‚ Roosevelt followed McKinley in ending the relative isolationism that had dominated the country since the mid-1800s‚ acting

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