Name: The Most Misunderstood American President
Uploaded: 2025-11-21T19:11:00+00:00
Duration: 41 min 22 s
Description: Mr. Beat and @VloggingThroughHistory explore the life of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. Here's a song Mr. Beat made about William McKinley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

5 days ago

Entertainment Education Mr. Beat American presidents history American history U.S. history economics U.S. presidents William McKinley McKinley

Mr. Beat and @VloggingThroughHistory explore the life of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley.

Here's a song Mr. Beat made about William McKinley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivVY8v_NX3k&list=RDivVY8v_NX3k&start_radio
Stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5336UwpSwEmF5EWa3tRVq2?si=3cdf20a2c37e4e3f

Thanks to Chris and ⁨ @HistorywithWaffles for the great footage!

Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat, Vlogging Through History, and History with Waffles. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain.

Here's an annotated script with footnotes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BLwMgmB1zOEy8zjIzwnc-foRcqmvr8lqUBnmQ0rB5hw/edit?usp=sharing

Sources/further reading:
William McKinley by Kevin Phillips
Purchase here: https://amzn.to/48TDh2L
President McKinley: Architect of the American Century by Robert W. Merry
Purchase here: https://amzn.to/47qnfLq
In The Days of McKinley by Margaret Leech
Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4hziDqP
William McKinley and His America by H. Wayne Morgan, (Kent State University Press, 2003)
Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4p8J3ma
https://www.anb.org/display/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0500507
https://millercenter.org/president/mckinley
https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-mckinley/
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/william-mckinley
https://www.mcklib.org/president
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley
https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/william-mckinley/
https://www.mcklib.org/node/1218/
https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2019/02/16/mckinley-house-returns-to-market/5960421007/

Creative commons credits:
UpstateNYer
Sanfranman59
Edsel Little
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