Question

question # 8
multiple choice
when did the secret service formally begin to provide protection to the president and his family?
the secret service began providing protection to the president and family after the assassination of abraham lincoln.
the secret service provided protection for the president and his family from the beginning of the agency.
the secret service began providing protection to the president and family after the assassination of william mckinley.
the secret service does not provide protection to the president and his family.

Explanation:

The U.S. Secret Service was initially focused on counterfeiting. Informal protection of presidents started after Lincoln's assassination, but formal, permanent protection of the president and their family was authorized by Congress in 1901, following the assassination of William McKinley. The other options are incorrect: protection did not start right at the agency's founding, it was not formalized after Lincoln's assassination, and the Secret Service does provide presidential family protection.

Answer:

The Secret Service began providing protection to the president and family after the assassination of William McKinley.