Summary of Scott Nations's A History of the United States in Five Crashes

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Theodore Roosevelt was elected president in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley. He was governor of New York when McKinley selected him to replace his first vice president, who died in 1899 from a string of heart ailments. #2 Roosevelt was elected governor of New York in 1898, despite having little political experience. He was called the cyclone assemblyman for his reformist ideas, and he angered many businessmen by exposing a financial relationship between financier Jay Gould and Supreme Court justice Theodoric Westbrook. #3 Roosevelt was elected president in 1901, and his first act was to promise that he would continue the policy of President McKinley for the peace and prosperity of America. #4 The American economy had expanded rapidly from 1896 to 1900, when annual economic growth averaged 6 percent. The stock market had been booming, and American businesses were growing in size and complexity.