The debate between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan in the election of 1896 centered around A) differences between im
perialist and anti-imperialist desires. B) economic concerns like the gold standard and protective tariffs. C) foreign policy issues regarding U.S. imperialist policies in the Pacific. D) civil rights issues related to segregation and discrimination in the South.
The discussion between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan in the race of 1896 based on monetary concerns like the best quality level and defensive taxes. McKinley and the Republicans needed the United States to remain on the "highest quality level," while Bryan and the Populists upheld the "free silver" development to help the poor agriculturists of the South and West and to help haul America out of the sadness that it had been in since 1893.
In reaction
to the fugitive slave law, most of the people in the north showed open defiance
to the law and devised means to support the Underground Railroad to Canada. It
is reported that they formed committees to facilitate the transport of African
American slaves to Canada through the Underground Railroad.
