The Election Of 1900: William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan
Intro: Hello welcome back to another edition of the presidential election series as I'll be going over the election of 1900 as the incumbent Republican president, William McKinley is looking to get re-elected in what is the first presidential election of the 20th century, and it all culminates with an ending that no one sees coming...So with all that said, let's get into it. Economy & Imperialism Following his victory in the 1896 election, William McKinley has been busy in more ways than one; For starters the economy has recovered from the financial crisis and businesses are continuing to boom within the country. Secondly, the big issue of using gold or silver as currency in the U.S. is going to be solved as McKinley believes in using the Gold Standard and with the economy doing so well the idea of using sliver currency begins to die out by the turn of the century. And finally, the third biggest thing that occurred under McKinley's term in office was the spread of im