President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the last ...

In the 1890s, our country was probably the wealthiest it ever was because it was a system of tariffs. We had a president, you ...

It is made for the American people and American interests.” Seven years later, when McKinley was in the Oval Office, he ...

A little history can be a bad thing, and President Donald Trump’s little glimpse of history appears to be limited to the 1897 ...

Experts on the era say Trump is idealizing a time rife with government and business corruption, social turmoil and inequality ...

Since President William McKinley’s once-upon-a-time ... As president from 1897 to 1901, McKinley enacted record-high tariffs and used the brief Spanish-American War of 1898 to seize a colonial ...

As the nation entered the industrial age during a time of economic depression, William McKinley felt protective tariffs were the key to a bright financial future — and voters agreed with him. It was ...

3. Protectionism and Trade Wars: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff 1930 responded to economic pressures but exacerbated the global ...