Election of 1896
- Democratic nominee
- William Jennings Bryan, 36
- “Cross of Gold” speech
- Platform:
- Free silver
- Income tax
- Condemned trusts
- Opposed injunctions used against labor (think Debs)
- Populists joined Democrats in 1896
- Republican nominee
- William McKinley
- Mark Hanna, campaign manager
- Depicted Bryan as a “wild man,” an “irresponsible inflationist”
- $0.52 dollar
- “front porch campaign”
- people visited McKinley’s home to hear him speak
- Results
- McKinley wins
- South and West vs. North and East (conservative democrats, liberal republicans, compared to now)
- International gold discoveries end deflation
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