Question
A party that favored this policy nominated the presidential ticket with one of the oldest combined ages, consisting of 79-year-old John M. Palmer and 73-year-old Simon Bolivar Buckner. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this policy in the nickname of the only third party endorsed by The New York Times. Alton B. Parker secured the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904 through a telegram endorsing this policy.
ANSWER: gold standard [or gold bullion standard or gold bullion standard; or Gold Democrats]
[10m] While Palmer and Buckner defected from the Democratic Party in 1896, this politician left to form the Silver Republicans. This politician names an amendment that forbade annexing Cuba and was superseded by the Platt Amendment.
ANSWER: Henry M. Teller [or Henry Moore Teller; or Teller Amendment]
[10e] Teller’s defection failed to stop the victory of this president in 1896, who started the Spanish-American War and was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz (“CHOL-gosh”) in 1901.
ANSWER: William McKinley
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Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 9.00 | 80% | 0% | 10% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 100% | 13% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |