In the election of 1896, the rallying cry of "16 to 1" represented
a. the Republican call for a tariff of 16 cents for every dollar spent on imported goods.
b. the Populist demand for setting railroad rates at no higher than a dollar for the shipment of sixteen bushels of wheat.
c. the Democratic and Populist call for unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 ounces of silver to one ounce of gold.
d. the Democratic platform plank of 16 paper dollars in circulation for every dollar´s worth of gold in the national treasury.
e. the Populist demand for a graduated income tax starting at sixteen percent on the highest incomes and falling to one percent on the lowest.
c
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