SAT US History Practice Question
"Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their [the wealthy classes'] demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." In this 1896 speech, William Jennings Bryan is advocating
- A.government subsidies to farmers.
- B.free and unlimited coinage of silver.
- C.passage of higher protective tariffs.
- D.reduction of the workday to eight hours.
- E.the enactment of laws restricting immigration.
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