The Battle of Germantown played an important role in the outcome of the Revolutionary War. Although the British won the battle, the Continental Army had finally gone on the offensive and attacked the British. This give the soldiers and the patriots a renewed confidence that they could win the war
The presidential campaign of the Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan proved highly appealing, his candidacy maintained high popular support thanks to doctrines and ideas that were aimed at the less favored people. Bryan held openly populist ideas as a result of his alliance with the People's Party.
The confederate states operated at the larger and smaller government scale size as they do today with the Senate and the House in the legislative branch. Unlike the United States, the Confederate States had delegates they sent to one large government, whereas today each state has the same set up to itself.