jul 1, 1890 - Congress battled over the extension of slavery After this, the Republican party thrived for over 60 years. The watershed election 1896 initiated the second Republican era. The nominee of the Democrats was William Jennings Bryan who favored free silver. Republicans favored the gold standard. Frank Baum ridiculed the Republicans in his novel The Wizard of Oz. The 1896 election was realining because party coalitions were shifted. The crash of the stock market caused the Republicans to be a minority
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