Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ536733
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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A Hundred Years Ago: Crusaders vs. Conservatives in a Furious Campaign.
Social Education, v60 n6 p361-64 Oct 1996
Investigates the issues, candidates, and political climate of the 1896 presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate, William Jennings Bryan, espoused a Populist platform attacking big business, protectionism, and the gold standard. William McKinley, the Republican Party, pro-business candidate easily won the election. Includes cartoons and campaign posters. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Conservatism, Economic Change, Economic Impact, Elections, Middle Schools, Political Candidates, Political Issues, Political Parties, Presidential Campaigns (United States), Presidents of the United States, Public Opinion, Secondary Education, Social Values, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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