The ambivalence Americans felt about overseas expansion was reflected in the election of 1900 between President McKinley and Democrat William Jennings Bryan, because:
a. McKinley won virtually all of the imperialist vote
b. anti-imperialists voted for both candidates
c. Bryan lost because of his domestic policy views
d. McKinley refused to talk about expansion
B
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