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I'm surprised that I haven't seen much of any work on a time line like this on this board, as to me, it's a great what-if as to how the nation might have developed differently if WJB defeated William McKinley in 1896.

So, what changes would we see under a Bryan Presidency? Obviously, with Bryan being the ardent anti-imperalist that he is, I would think that he'd be opposed to intervention in Cuba and would probably press the Congress to grant Hawaii independence, rather than keep it as a U.S. territory. He was also in favor of nationalization of the railroads and utilities, so I'm interested to see if that would pull through in the first place, let alone his bimetallic currency ideals.
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