William McKinley’s political views

• Nationalism vs InternationalismNationalism 78%
  NationalismInternationalism

  Signed the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii on 8 July 1898, though the Teller Amendment of April 1898 had disclaimed any intention to annex Cuba.

• Militarist vs PacifistMilitarist 85%
  MilitaristPacifist

  Turned the Cuba crisis over to Congress on 11 April 1898; Congress declared war on 20 April, and the Treaty of Paris of 18 December 1898 gave the United States Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam.

• Assimilationist vs MulticulturalistAssimilationist 75%
  AssimilationistMulticulturalist

  On 21 December 1898 ordered that American military government extend over all of the ceded Philippines, under the policy he called benevolent assimilation.

• Planned vs Laissez-faireLaissez-faire 50%
  PlannedLaissez-faire

  Signed the Dingley Tariff, which protected domestic industry, and the Gold Standard Act of 14 March 1900, which fixed the dollar at 25.8 grains of gold; the record points both ways.

• Isolationism vs GlobalismIsolationism 72%
  IsolationismGlobalism

  Signed the Dingley Tariff on 24 July 1897, the highest in US history, with rates of about 52% in its first year, though his reciprocity treaties were later blocked by the Senate.

No documented position, so not scored: Federal vs Unitary, Democratic vs Autocratic, Security vs Freedom, Collectivize vs Privatize, Irreligious vs Religious, Progressive vs Traditional, and Acceleration vs Bioconservative.