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  2. Dingley Act - Wikipedia

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    The Dingley Act of 1897 (ch. 11, 30 Stat. 151, July 24, 1897), introduced by U.S. Representative Nelson Dingley Jr., of Maine, raised tariffs in United States to counteract the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act of 1894, which had lowered rates. The bill came into effect under William McKinley the first year that he was in office.

  3. History of tariffs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    e. Tariffs have historically served a key role in the trade policy of the United States. Their purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government and to allow for import substitution industrialization (industrialization of a nation by replacing imports with domestic production) by acting as a protective barrier around infant industries. [1]

  4. Dingley Act (shipping) - Wikipedia

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    The Dingley Act of 1884 was a United States law introduced by U.S. Representative Nelson Dingley, Jr. of Maine dealing with American mariners serving in the United States Merchant Marine. Among other things, the act: prohibited advances on wages, [1] and. limited the making of seamen's allotments (payment of part of a seaman's wages to another ...

  5. McKinley Tariff - Wikipedia

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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 became law on October 1, 1890. [1] The tariff raised the average duty on imports to almost 50%, an increase designed to protect domestic industries and workers from foreign competition, as ...

  6. William McKinley - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades.

  7. History of U.S. foreign policy, 1897–1913 - Wikipedia

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    This period followed History of U.S. foreign policy, 1861–1897 and began with the inauguration of McKinley in 1897. It ends with Woodrow Wilson in 1913, and the 1914 outbreak of World War I, which marked the start of new era in U.S. foreign policy. During this era, the United States emerged as a great power that was active even outside of its ...

  8. Dingley Tariff - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 9 June 2005, at 03:36 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply ...

  9. Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia

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    The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), official name as the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the United States of America (French: Accord de libre-échange entre le Canada et les États-Unis d'Amérique), was a bilateral trade agreement reached by negotiators for Canada and the United States on October 4, 1987, and signed by the leaders of both countries on January 2 ...