The strongest ally of Mark Hanna and the Republicans in the 1896 ...

[crazycityslicker]

The strongest ally of Mark Hanna and the Republicans in the 1896 presidential election was
 
  a. a strong economy that raised wheat and other commodity prices.
  b. McKinley's vigorous campaigning.
  c. fear of the alleged radicalism of William Jennings Bryan and his free silver cause.
  d. the nearly unanimous support of the nation's trained economists.
  e. the divisions in the Democratic Party.

Question 2

The new two-party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s
 
  a. significantly reduced sectional political divisions in the country.
  b. was seen at the time as a weakening of democracy.
  c. resulted in the Civil War.
  d. fulfilled the wishes of the founding fathers.
  e. became an important part of the nation's checks and balances.

[aham8f]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

e