The russo-japanese war marked a significant shift in regard to imperial power trends in the early 1900s because

a) it was the first time that an asian nation defeated a western power in war.
b) japan relied on its alliances with china, manchuria, and india to win the war.
c) russia relied on its alliances with england, france, and germany to win the war.
d) the united states intervened and brought about a peaceful conclusion to the conflict.

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  i would that it was because no matter how hard people worked everyone would be paid the same, witch it was a that the russian to rule.

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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.