The debate between william mckinley and william jennings bryan in the election of 1896 centered around

It centered around economic concerns like the gold standard and the tariffs. McKinley and the Republicans wanted the United States to stay on the "gold standard," while Bryan and the Populists supported the "free silver" movement to help the poor farmers of the South and West and to help pull America out of the depression that it had been in since 1893.

It lasted until the mid-1840s

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