McKinley

Peak renamed Denali

McKinley is a surname, most associated with William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, assassinated in 1901.

Mount McKinley was the former official name of Denali, North America's highest peak, named for him before he took office.

The mountain was renamed in 2015, though McKinley persists in some usage.

mountain

Denali

Alaska's towering peak

  • summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
  • AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
  • peakUtmost height attained

climber · expedition · base camp · altitude · North America · highest · mountaineering · ascent · glacier · elevation

president

William

Male given name

Ohio · Republican · gold standard · imperialism · Buffalo · 1901 · Canton · annexation · Philippines · protectionism

namesake

county

Local administrative division

avenue · monument · memorial · statue · building · park · bridge · boulevard · plaza · high school

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Opposites
political-economic ideology

McKinleysocialism

Communal economic control

communism · free trade · Marxism · anti-imperialism · silver standard

u.s. presidential legacy/style

McKinleyTheodore Roosevelt

Twenty-sixth American president

Woodrow Wilson · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Grover Cleveland · Jimmy Carter · Barack Obama

GEOGRAPHIC NAMING (MOUNT McKINLEY)

McKinleyDenali

Alaska's towering peak

Athabaskan

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G