The importance to the U.S. from the Election of 1900 was, the fact that Teddy Roosevelt had pretty much lead Mc Kinley’s campaign and was the real star of the 1900 Election; later becoming President after Mc Kinley’s assassination. Roosevelt would later on achieve many goals for our nation.
“Theodore Roosevelt is literally the rising star of American politics in 1900. He's gone within the space of a little over a year, from obscurity to being, one of the most famous people in America. He's a war hero. He's the war hero, the single greatest war hero to come out of the Spanish-American War. He becomes the man of the hour.” -JOHN MILTON COOPER JR., America 1900 episode -3 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/filmmore/transcript/transcript3.html
The other importance of this election to the U.S. would be that, we as a nation could reflect on what was happening during this era and the roads that are forged when built with imperialism. President Mc Kinley’s & Roosevelt’s view on Imperialism was not shared with their opponent, William Bryan. Bryan was against imperialism and the Republican party’s ideal “militant America”, while attacking Mc Kinley’s foreign policies.
“Bryan believes that American foreign policy is immoral and that the United States has no business fighting these kinds of wars. He believes that what McKinley has done has not only corrupted American society, but has corrupted the American Constitution.” - WALTER LAFEBER, America 1900 episode -3 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/filmmore/transcript/transcript3.html

Mc Kinley’s foreign policies were aimed at free trade in China, looking to profit/ do business with other Westerners and foreign countries who have already settled in some provinces of China; utilizing the missionaries as well.
“By 1900, China is looked at as a nation that can not defend itself. China would be described as a "bone among the