Roosevelt And Anarchism

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On March 4, 1901, President William McKinley began his second term. He brought to Washington DC a New Vice-President, Theodor Roosevelt. In September he visited a fair in Buffalo, New York. While he greeted the public, Leon Czolgosz shot the president. McKinley died 8 days later of an infection resulting from the attack. Czolgosz followed Anarchism. As a result of the attack, the press attacked the ideology as a foreign element. This fear eventually led to the creation of the FBI in 1908. This even began a new era of leadership. Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency after that. Body guards began to protect the new President. This became the Secret Service in 1902. Roosevelt brought new life to the office. He was young and

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