Which of the following was not a characteristic of early 19th century penitentiary system in America?
a. A focus on rehabilitation
b. Rules designed to maintain total control of prisoners
c. An emphasis on discipline
d. The imposition of silence

d. The imposition of silence

Explanation:

The American penitentiary is also referred to as the Prison or correctional facility. It is a place where criminals are kept temporarily before conviction or to serve their jail time.

The American penitentiary had focus on rehabilitation programs for the occupants. There were also rules designed to maintain total control of prisoners and an emphasis on discipline. The prison however lacked the imposition of silence.

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.

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