To which position did president mckinley appoint theodore roosevelt in 1897? assistant secretary of the navy secretary of the interior governor of new york secretary of defense

In 1897, President William McKinley appointed Theodore Roosevelt as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, position from which he prepared the war against Spain. Roosevelt acted astutely: he accused Spain of the destruction of the battleship Maine in Cuba, without any proof. Supported by press mogul William Randolph Hearst, he put the Navy on alert without authorization from President McKinley.

answer: b.

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answer: born in saint-dié, in the vosges department, france, he studied law, and was called to the bar at paris in 1854,[2] but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to le temps. he attacked the second french empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against baron haussmann, prefect of the seine department. a series of his articles in le temps was later republished as the fantastic tales of haussmannlaxupa (1868).[2]

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