The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 28

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"…There are two ideas of government.There are those who believe that,if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous,their prosperity will leak through on those below.The Democratic idea,however,has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous,their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them…Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world,supported by the commercial interests,the laboring interests,and the toilers everywhere we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns;you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."
William Jennings Bryan,1896
-William Joe Bryan's speech was focused most directly on which of the following political issues?

• A) Racial segregation in the South
• B) The growing wealth gap
• C) The question of currency and monetary policy
• D) The rise of Socialism

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