Premise: The Fourth Party System is the term used in political science and history for the period in American political history from about 1896 to 1932 that was dominated by the Republican Party , excepting the 1912 split in which Democrats held the White House for eight years . The Tariff Act of 1890 , commonly called the McKinley Tariff , was an act of the United States Congress framed by Representative William McKinley that became law on October 1 , 1890 . The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two chambers : the Senate and the House of Representatives . The United States presidential election of 1900 was the 29th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 6 , 1900 . William McKinley . McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish -- American War , raised protective tariffs to promote American industry , and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals .
Hypothesis: William McKinley was an American.
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