** 8. In the "Westward Expansion and the Mexican-American War" section, the author suggests, President James Polk wanted Texas to join
the U. S. as a slave state because... *
a. He had just been elected in 1844.
b. He had been a cotton farmer from the South
c. He was a "free-soiler."
d. He disapproved of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

i believe the answer is:

-   william jennings bryan is a democrat while mckinley was a republican

at that time, the segment of population that choose for democratic party were the voters with low economic background and vice versa

- william jennings has support of populists and wants to have inflation to farmers while mckinley has support of bankers and businessmen , doesn't want inflation

the fixed value of gold make the large business able to stack up their gold without   being worried that it would devaluated.

- william jennings supported the silver standard while mckinley supported the gold standard

according to jenning, using other metal beside gold could the poor people to have more purchasing power and them advance in the society.

he risk-return relationship. generally, the higher the potential return of an investment, the higher the risk. there is no guarantee that you will actually get a higher return by accepting more risk. diversification enables you to reduce the risk of your portfolio without sacrificing potential returns.

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