Ideologies / Conservative Capitalist / William McKinley
§ The minds · 1843–1901 · United States · President
William McKinley
The gold standard
Tariffs, trusts, and empire.
Economic+88
SocialistMarket
Governance+24
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−44
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The president of the high tariff and the gold standard, whose pro-business, expansionist administration epitomised Gilded-Age capitalist conservatism.
social
Conservative establishment of the Gilded Age.
economic
Protective tariffs and the gold standard backing big business.
governance
Pro-business state power at home and abroad.
Notable for
- Gold Standard Act
- High protective tariffs
- Spanish–American War expansion
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