CLEP US History II

Answer: C - William McKinley was reelected to the presidency in 1900, at the beginning of what became known as “the American century” and the dawn of a political era characterized as the American Empire. The United States was involved in numerous military campaigns in which it aided revolutions or took possession of nations, including Cuba and the Philippines. The country was also part of an international coalition that participated in China’s Boxer Rebellion. McKinley oversaw significant tariff reforms and participated in an international effort to move to a currency standard of bimetallism. When the effort failed, he wholeheartedly embraced the gold standard, which determined the course of the global economy from that point forward.