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This American President

US Expansion | McKinley and Roosevelt: Will and Ted’s Imperial Adventure Part 2

This American President

This American President

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.6698 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt succeeded in building an American empire, but they found themselves in an unexpected war against the Philippines. This episode explores the horrors of America’s most forgotten war. JOIN PREMIUM Listen ad-free...

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by the National History Club. When I was growing up, I studied history as much as I could, but when I went to high school and I tried to join different clubs, I couldn't find a single history club. There were clubs on academics, on surfing, on dancing, clubs on cleaning up the environment, but nothing about history.

0:23.4

Well, it happens to be the case that right after I graduated, the National History Club was formed.

0:29.6

And these guys basically promote history and help start history clubs in different high schools all throughout the country.

0:37.1

So if you're interested in that,

0:38.7

be sure to check out their website at www.nationalhistoryclub.org. These guys are all over the country.

0:45.8

There are 600 schools and 17,000 students involved with this. So be sure to check it out at

0:51.9

www.nationalhistoryclub.org.

0:54.9

Again, that's www.nationalhistoryclub.org.

1:00.0

And now for part two of Will and Ted's Imperial Adventure.

1:06.4

In our previous episode, we covered America's rise to power in the late 19th century,

1:11.6

the temptations posed by imperialism, and finally, how the situation in Cuba led to war with Spain.

1:18.6

And we looked at these events through the lens of two men with slightly different views of the situation,

1:24.6

American President William McKinley, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy,

1:28.8

Theodore Roosevelt. Despite McKinley's best efforts, America was now at war. The real work

1:35.5

was about to begin, and America would face even greater temptations than ever before.

1:40.8

How McKinley and Roosevelt responded to these events is the subject of this episode of this American president.

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