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

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

It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling ...

President Donald Trump has brought a historical figure to the forefront in recent months: William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States. McKinley, who was president between 1897 and ...

William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, is credited with using steep tariffs to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th century. Did they work? Were they good for the U.S. economy?

In his inaugural address, Donald Trump harked back to William McKinley, the 25th US president, who raised tariffs on US ...

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

In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and ...

President Trump speaks fondly of a predecessor - William McKinley ... that used the material for oil drums. After McKinley became president in 1897, he shifted his thinking.

It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th president, William McKinley, a Republican who was in office from 1897 until being assassinated in 1901. Experts on the era say Trump, also a ...