- 1. In which year was William McKinley inaugurated as the 25th President of the United States?
A) 1897
B) 1901
C) 1876
D) 1912
- 2. Before becoming President, which position did William McKinley hold?
A) Secretary of State
B) Governor of Ohio
C) Mayor of New York City
D) Senator from Illinois
- 3. Which major event occurred during William McKinley's presidency?
A) Cold War
B) World War I
C) Vietnam War
D) Spanish-American War
- 4. Who served as William McKinley's Vice President during his first term in office?
A) Thomas Marshall
B) Adlai Stevenson
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Garret Hobart
- 5. What economic policy did President McKinley support during his time in office?
A) Protectionism
B) Isolationism
C) Mercantilism
D) Free Trade
- 6. Which country did the United States go to war with during McKinley's presidency?
A) Spain
B) Mexico
C) Japan
D) Germany
- 7. Who was the assassin of President McKinley?
A) Lee Harvey Oswald
B) Charles Guiteau
C) Leon Czolgosz
D) John Wilkes Booth
- 8. Who succeeded William McKinley as President after his assassination?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) William Howard Taft
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Woodrow Wilson
- 9. Which state did McKinley represent in the U.S. House of Representatives?
A) California
B) Illinois
C) Ohio
D) New York
- 10. What was the main form of communication used during McKinley's presidency?
A) Telegraph
B) Radio
C) Telephone
D) Internet
- 11. Which famous inventor and entrepreneur was a contemporary of President McKinley?
A) Bill Gates
B) Thomas Edison
C) Steve Jobs
D) Elon Musk
- 12. Where is William McKinley buried?
A) Mount Vernon, Washington
B) Canton, Ohio
C) Arlington, Virginia
D) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- 13. Which political party did William McKinley belong to?
A) Independent
B) Democratic
C) Whig
D) Republican
- 14. Which country did the United States acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War?
A) Cuba
B) Mexico
C) Puerto Rico
D) Philippines
- 15. Who was McKinley's opponent in the 1896 presidential election?
A) Grover Cleveland
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) George Dewey
D) William Jennings Bryan
- 16. Who was McKinley's wife?
A) Ida Saxton McKinley
B) Jacqueline Kennedy
C) Mary Todd Lincoln
D) Eleanor Roosevelt
- 17. In what famous event did McKinley serve as a Major during the American Civil War?
A) Antietam
B) Gettysburg
C) Appomattox
D) Vicksburg
- 18. What was the famous industrial fair where McKinley gave a speech before being shot?
A) Louisiana Purchase Exposition
B) World's Columbian Exposition
C) Pan-American Exposition
D) California Midwinter International Exposition
- 19. In what field did McKinley work before entering politics?
A) Education
B) Law
C) Engineering
D) Medicine
- 20. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave the federal government the power to levy an income tax?
A) 18th Amendment
B) 19th Amendment
C) 16th Amendment
D) 13th Amendment
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