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    The Tariff Act of 1890, commonly called the McKinley Tariff, was an act of the United States Congress, framed by then Representative William McKinley, that...
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    married Ida Saxton. In 1876, McKinley was elected to Congress, where he became the Republican expert on the protective tariff, which he believed would bring...
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  • United States caught up with European industries in the 1890s, the Mckinley Tariff's argument was no longer to protect “infant industries”, but to maintain...
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    Panic of 1893. McKinley's supporters in 1900 postulated that the new tariff and the commitment to the gold standard were responsible. McKinley is consistently...
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    reduced the United States tariff rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% tax on income over $4,000. It is named for William...
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    Dingley Act (redirect from Dingley Tariff)
    of the tariff, the rate averaged at around 47%. The Dingley Act remained in effect until the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909. McKinley Tariff Frank A...
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    issues, especially the protectionist 1890 McKinley Tariff. Cleveland ran on a platform of lowering the tariff and opposed the Republicans' 1890 voting...
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  • (1965) F. W. Taussig, "The McKinley Tariff Act." The Economic Journal (1891) 1#2 pp: 326–350. Tom E. Terrill, The Tariff, Politics, and American Foreign...
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    the McKinley Tariff of 1890. This act, passed by the Republican-dominated Congress, raised rates on imports to protect American industry. McKinley's tariff...
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    administration were unprecedented economic legislation, including the McKinley Tariff, which imposed historic protective trade rates, and the Sherman Antitrust...
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