The depression of the 1890s and episodes like the Pullman Strike made the election of 1896 shape up as a
a. battle between down-and-out workers and farmers and establishment conservatives.
b. conflict between the insurgent Populists and the two established political parties.
c. sectional conflict with the West aligned against the Northeast and South.
d. contest over the power of the federal government to manage a modern industrial economy like the United States.
e. clash of cultures between ordinary middle-class Americans and European-oriented radicals and reformers.
a
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