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TODAY'S CLASS IS ON WILLIAM McKINLEY AND WHAT MR. NORTON SMITH CALLS THE BEGINNING OF THE MODERN PRESIDENCY. THIS CLASS IS ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. >>>...
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| 00:00:23 |
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GUESS. SO LET'S GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE GILDED AGE, ENTERING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA. CHARACTERIZE THE YEARS BETWEEN...
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| 00:02:34 |
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THAT -- THAT FLOWED. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THERE ARE MANY IDEALISTS
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| 00:02:38 |
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COMING OUT OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO BELIEVED GENUINELY THAT THIS HAD BEEN A TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCE. THAT WE NOW COULD BELATEDLY MAKE GOOD ON THE PROMISES...
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| 00:05:07 |
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THEMSELVES BY THEIR PARTY
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| 00:05:09 |
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MEMBERSHIP. SO A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHICH CHURCH THEY GO TO. THE ODDS ARE THEY DON'T CHANGE. THEY ARE INTENSE IN THEIR PARTY LOYALTIES. AND ANOTHER...
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| 00:07:53 |
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SINGLE-HANDEDLY INSISTED THAT HIS VICE PRESIDENT, MARTIN VAN BUREN, SUCCEED HIM. WE KNOW THAT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, WHO BECAME PRESIDENT ONLY BECAUSE...
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| 00:20:01 |
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TARIFFS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME, BUT IT COMES BACK TO HAUNT NOT ONLY McKINLEY, BUT HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS...
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| 00:21:09 |
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FARMING INTERESTS AND BUSINESS INTERESTS. SO LIKE THE COAST VERSUS -- >> YOU BET. YEAH, YOU'VE GOT ECONOMIC FACTORS, YOU'VE GOT GEOGRAPHICAL
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| 00:21:21 |
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FACTORS. YOU HAVE ON THE ONE HAND McKINLEY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- NOW, REMEMBER, WE'RE COMING OUT OF OR WE'RE COMING THROUGH A SEVERE DEPRESSION,...
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| 00:22:14 |
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LOUDER, PLEASE. >> --
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| 00:22:19 |
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THE PRICES MORE EASILY WITH SILVER. >> YOU BET. >> MORE MONEY IN CIRCULATION,
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| 00:22:26 |
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THEREFORE POOR PEOPLE CAN PAY OFF THEIR DEBTS. >> PRECISELY. YOU'VE GOT THIS COALITION COMING TOGETHER, ECONOMIC
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| 00:22:31 |
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AS WELL AS POLITICAL. YOU HAVE THE OLD SOUTH, WHICH IS NOW THE
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| 00:22:34 |
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SOLID SOUTH, WHICH IS, QUITE FRANKLY, THE WHITE SUPREMACIST SOUTH. AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE -- HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY BOOTED FROM VOTING. SO YOU HAVE...
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| 00:23:44 |
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IS -- WHATEVER WE DO, WE HAVE TO -- WE
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| 00:23:48 |
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BECOME ENOUGH OF A WORLD POWER -- NOT JUST A MILITARY POWER, BUT AN ECONOMIC POWER. AND THEREFORE, REALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, GLOBAL TRADE IS A FACTOR....
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| 00:26:53 |
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CAN'T OUTORATE HIM, I CAN'T OUTPROMISE HIM. I KNOW WHAT I'M GOOD AT. AND WHAT HE'S GOOD AT IS -- HE TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO...
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| 00:28:40 |
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CORPORATIONS SO THEY COULD PAY FOR POLITICIANS? >> I'M SORRY. IS THAT -- >> IS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS FOR HIS TARIFF, AS YOU CALL IT, IS HIS
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| 00:28:50 |
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TARIFF WANTED TO ALSO UNLOCK THE CORPORATIONS -- >>
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| 00:28:52 |
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THAT'S SOMETHING FOR -- IN SOME WAYS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. I THINK McKINLEY BELIEVED A
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| 00:28:59 |
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HIGH TARIFF IS AN ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE. I THINK HE BELIEVED IT IN PASSIONATELY. NOW, DID IT ALSO WIN HIM FRIENDS ENCORP IN CORPORATE AMERICA WHO COULD...
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| 00:29:36 |
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THE -- A COAL THING? >> YEAH, YEAH. SEE, THE HISTORICAL IMAGE THAT WE HAVE OF MARK HANNAH IS OF THIS -- THE CARTOONS ARE WONDERFUL.
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| 00:29:44 |
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THIS IS THE GOLDEN AGE OF POLITICAL CARTOONING. THEY ALL SHOW HANNAH AS THIS HUGE, BLOATED BUREAUCRAT IN A THREE-PIECE SUIT COMING WITH DOLLAR SIGNS...
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| 00:34:49 |
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IS? >> A DEAL WITH WHOEVER YOU'RE TRADING WITH TO -- TO REDUCE CHARGES. >>
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| 00:34:59 |
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YEAH. WHAT -- WHAT McKINLEY DOES IS OPEN THE DOOR TO FREE
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| 00:35:05 |
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TRADE. IN OTHER WORDS, INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS IRON CURTAIN AROUND THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, THERE ARE DOORS. AND IT ALLOWS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE...
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| 00:37:52 |
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OPERATIONS? WITH THE SPANISH/AMERICAN WAR, SORT OF THIS AMERICAN IMPERIALISM THAT ALL STARTED -- >> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE NOTION OF THE UNITED...
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| 00:38:10 |
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McKINLEY. AND HISTORIANS ARE STILL DEBATING AND, IN FACT, WHEN YOU'RE WRITING YOUR PAPERS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION AS A POSSIBLE...
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| 00:40:24 |
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AMERICA EXPANDING OVERSEAS. POLITICALLY, CAN YOU THINK OF A POLITICIAN? >> BRIAN. >> ABSOLUTELY. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRIAN DEFEATED ON THE ISSUE OF SILVER...
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| 00:40:42 |
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IMPERIALISM. IN BETWEEN, OF COURSE, THERE -- THERE IS A WAR. IN FACT, THERE ARE TWO WARS. FOR A LONG TIME, CUBAN REBELS HAD BEEN AGITATING FOR INDEPENDENCE...
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| 00:44:08 |
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EXPLOSION ON THE MAINE DOES NOT TAKE PLACE IN A VACUUM.
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| 00:44:14 |
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YEAH? >> THIS -- FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, THEY SENT IT OVER THERE, IT'S FLOATING REALLY CLOSE TO CUBA, IT'S NOT EXACTLY JUST SOME
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| 00:44:24 |
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SAILBOAT, YOU KNOW. IT'S A WARSHIP, RIGHT? AND THEY HAVE BOATS IN THEIR HARBOR IN CASE THE MAINE ATTACKS. THE MAINE BLOWS UP. EVERYBODY FREAKS OUT AND...
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| 00:44:46 |
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CONTEXT? WHEN McKINLEY GETS UP EVERY MORNING, WHAT IS HECON CONFRONTED WITH? YEAH. >> THE PAPERS ARE SCREAMING FOR WAR AND TALKING ABOUT SPANISH...
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| 00:45:01 |
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OF WHICH WERE AT LEAST EXAGGERATED IF NOT COMPLETELY -- >> AND THE PAPERS -- AND ABOVE ALL, WHICH PAPER? WHICH NEWSPAPER MAN ABOVE ALL OTHERS? YEAH?...
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| 00:45:12 |
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WILLIAM RANDOLPH HURST. >> WILLIAM RANDOLPH HURST, WHOSE NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE YELLOW PRESS. THAT'S NOT A
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| 00:45:21 |
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COMPLIMENT. I CAN THINK OF SOME MEDIA OUTLETS TODAY WHO COULD BE LIKENED TO HURST. YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHO THEY ARE. BUT LET'S JUST SAY HURST...
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| 00:46:01 |
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FROM
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| 00:46:02 |
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SOME JOURNALISTIC OUTFITS TODAY THAT YOU COULD THINK OF. IN ANY EVENT, SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. BUT THE FACT IS THIS IS AGAIN A SIGN OF HOW MODERN...
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| 00:48:08 |
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TARIFF, BUT THE TARIFF ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE CONSIDERING A LOT OF CUBANS LOST THEIR JOBS BECAUSE THE SUGAR IMPORTS AND HOW THEY WERE BEING TAXED. ...
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| 00:48:29 |
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ALL, AMERICANS -- RANK AND FAILLE AILE AMERICANS WERE OVERWHELMINGLY SYMPATHETIC TO CUBANS. THEY THIMP S ISSIMPTHALSEDYMPATHIZED WITH THEM. THEY WANTED...
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| 00:52:01 |
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THINK. THE ORIGINAL PREFACE OF THE WAR, IN EFFECT, LIBERATING CUBA, WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT VERY LOW COST, RELATIVELY SPEAKING AND IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF...
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| 00:57:29 |
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GROUP THAT REBELLED AGAINST THE -- THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT? OR WAS IT THE --
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| 00:57:37 |
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OR WAS REBELLING AGAINST FOREIGN INFLUENCE. >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. McKINLEY IS BEGINNING TO THINK OF THE UNITED STATES AS A GLOBAL
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| 00:57:46 |
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ECONOMIC POWER. HE WANTS THE CHINESE MARKET. I MEAN, THIS IS -- IT'S CONTEMPORARY IN A LOT OF WAYS. 100 YEARS AGO, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...
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| 01:02:07 |
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THE OBJECTIONS OF WHO? YEAH. >> TANNER. >> YEAH. WHY DOES HE OBJECT? YEAH. >> BECAUSE
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| 01:02:21 |
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HE'S REALLY -- HE WANTS TO HAVE -- AS YOU MIGHT SAY,
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| 01:02:29 |
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HE WANTED TO INCREASE THE PRESENCE FURTHER THAN McKINLEY DID. >> HE SAYS THERE IS ONLY ONE LIFE BETWEEN THAT DAMN COWBOY AND THE PRESIDENCY. NOW,
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| 01:02:41 |
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THE OTHER BOSSES, THE BOSSES IN NEW YORK, WERE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO HAVE T.R. BECOME VICE PRESIDENT. WHY IS THAT? YEAH. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT IS WHERE...
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| 01:03:00 |
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OVER? YEAH. >>
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| 01:03:03 |
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HE WAS THE -- KNOWN FOR BREAKING UP THE PARTY -- THE -- THE POLITICAL
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| 01:03:12 |
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MACHINES IN NEW YORK. >> YEAH. HE WAS SO FRIEND TO BOSS PLATT AND HIS
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| 01:03:19 |
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FELLOW REPUBLICAN RANDIES IN NEW YORK CITY STATE. HE NOT ONLY CAMPAIGNED AS A REFORMER, MY GOD, HE ACTUALLY GOVERNED AS ONE AND THAT WAS NOT MUCH TO...
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