Yet, Trump’s boasts reveal a shallow understanding of the political fight over the McKinley tariffs. Instead of motivating an ...

McKinley lost his seat in Congress that same year. People blamed the unpopularity of tariffs for Republican President ...

McKinley, as a Republican congressman prior to his presidency, fought so much to increase the taxes on imported goods that Congress named the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 after him. Tariffs are ...

That was especially true of one provision in the 1890 Tariff Act that made the import of luxury dresses extremely expensive. Wealthy elite women saw this provision as an attack on their lifestyle.

McKinley, as a Republican congressman prior to his presidency, fought so much to increase the taxes on imported goods that Congress named the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 after him. 377869 73 ...