Assassination of President Mc Kinley

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath Increased security for public officials
gptkbp:armament .32 caliber revolver
gptkbp:burial_place West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:William_H._H._Mc_Kinley
gptkbp:cause_of_death gangrene
gptkbp:clinical_trial gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York
High media coverage
October 1901
Executed within 8 weeks of assassination
gptkbp:complications Stomach cancer
gptkbp:convicted_of Guilty of murder
gptkbp:court 12 men
gptkbp:date September 6, 1901
gptkbp:death_date September 19, 1901
gptkbp:defense_mechanism Insanity plea
gptkbp:diplomatic_relations gptkb:Open_Door_Policy
gptkbp:duration 8 days
gptkbp:election_year Reelected in 1900
gptkbp:historical_context Progressive Era in the United States
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:First_assassination_of_a_sitting_U._S._president_since_Lincoln
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Assassination of President Mc Kinley
gptkbp:impact Led to Theodore Roosevelt's presidency
gptkbp:is_a_backdrop_for Son of Polish immigrants
gptkbp:is_motivated_by Belief in social justice
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Judge_J._C._H._Mc_Kinney
Public execution
gptkbp:launch_date October 29, 1901
gptkbp:legacy Tariff policies and imperialism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Auburn_Prison
gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York
gptkbp:module death penalty
gptkbp:notable_recipients Economic growth and expansionism
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Leon_Czolgosz
gptkbp:political_ideology Anti-capitalism
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:president gptkb:Spanish-American_War
Gold standard advocacy
gptkbp:public_perception Outrage and mourning
gptkbp:responds_to Surgery performed by Dr. Matthew D. Mann
gptkbp:shoots two
gptkbp:significance Highlighted issues of political violence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Buffalo_Exposition_of_1901
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5