The election of 1896 is considered a watershed because it
A) entrenched western farmers and silverites in the Republican party.
B) shifted the party coalitions and entrenched the Republicans in power for another generation.
C) gave Republicans control of the South.
D) marked the rise of the Populist party, which dominated American politics until the Depression.
E) brought the industrial working classes and Wall Street interests together into the Democratic fold.
Answer: B
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