"Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold
standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of
labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross
of gold."

William Jennings Bryan at the Democratic National
Convention, 1896
The quotation above is from an 1896 speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan, in which he was protesting the adoption of a strict gold standard in the
United States, which could severely limit the national money supply Bryan's reference to a "cross of gold" is best referred to as which of the following
selections?

A. bias
B. literal language
C. symbolism
D. propaganda

Ineed with this unit test 1. japan became a peaceful democratic nation relatively quickly after the end of world war 11 which step is not part of it post-war transformation -adopting a new constitution -disarming most of the military -giving women rights to vote -giving the emperor more political power 2. why did mao start the cultural revolution? -he thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view of communism -he wanted to speed up change and eliminate western, capitalist influence-he wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism -he wanted to restore traditional chinese culture 3. what launched the korean war? -general macarthur led an invasion of north korea -north koreans, with stalin's approval, invaded south korea -south koreans tried to capture the government in p'yongyang-chairman mao urged the south koreans to invade north korea