Question

Following the 1896 presidential election, the two major political parties

Answer 1

After the election of 1896, America was fully into the third party system. The two major political parties were (and still are) democrats and republicans

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) adopted much of the People’s Party’s platform.

Following the 1896 presidential election, the two major political parties adopted much of the People’s Party’s platform.

After some years of popularity in many states of America, the Populist party dissolved after the Presidential election of 1898. Republican candidate William Mckinley defeated Democrat candidate William Jennings Bryan. After the election, the other two political parties adopted and adapted some things from the Populist party platform such as federal safety nets, union's policies, and graduated income tax.

The other answers of the question were A) both approached William Jennings Bryan to join them, C) rejected the notion of both free silver and bimetallism, and D) denounced much of the Populist Party’s platform.