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The Silverites made William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska their candidate for President in 1896. What was the result?
ABryan won by over half a million votes
BCleveland won by over a million votes
CMcKinley won by over half a million votes
DThe election was decided in the Senate
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. McKinley won by over half a million votes
1. 1. Bryan led the Silverites, that is, the Democrats and Populists together.
2. 2. His party was weak and his opponents strong.
3. 3. William McKinley won the election by more than half a million votes.
4. 4. Bryan's campaign became legendary even so, and most Populist ideas apart from the money question later passed into law.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section POPULISTS ADVOCATE EASY MONEY_
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