William Jennings Bryan

question 62

Multiple Choice

William Jennings Bryan:

• A) called for the unrestricted mining of silver.
• B) angered Populists after giving a fiery convention speech denouncing the "free coinage" of silver.
• C) failed to win enough support from the Democratic Party as the nominee for president in 1896.
• D) entered politics late in life, after a successful career as a Methodist minister.

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