Assignment 7 - Erin Caudill

President William McKinley died on September 14, 1901. This had a huge impact on America as a country due to the fact that he was commander in chief of the nation. McKinley was the third president of the United States to be assassinated, and oddly before he was assassinated he was reluctant to have security despite the fact that two presidents had been assassinated in the past. After McKinley's death, his vice president Theodore Roosevelt took over as commander in chief for the remainder of the term and ended up serving as president for two more terms. After McKinley's assassination, people began to question the effectiveness of the security for the president and led to Theodore Roosevelt being protected the the Secret Service at all times to prevent another tragedy from occurring. His death also brought about backlash towards anarchists due to the assassin being proclaimed as an anarchist.