What life looked like under Trump's tariff hero, US President William McKinley

The turn of the century saw a rise in labor movements as industry grew largely unregulated. Bettmann/Getty Images Trump has credited a 19th-century US president for inspiring his aggressive approach to tariffs. As a representative, William McKinley authored the most protectionist tariff act in US history. Trump's sweeping tariffs have faced legal challenges, but he enacted dozens of new tariffs this week. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs have become a defining feature of his second…