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