1900, McKinley vs. Bryan: The Rise and Fall of Empires

American Elections: Wicked Game

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🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In a tumultuous period defined by change, innovation, expansion and war, the stage is set for a rematch between incumbent Republican William McKinley and Democrat William Jennings Bryan. After McKinley’s Vice President dies in office, a new star rises to power in the Republican Party. Teddy Roosevelt comes to Washington and on the heels of a new age in American politics: the Progressive Era.

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0:00.0	It's 1894 in Cleveland, Ohio.
0:15.9	Immigrants from Poland are gathered at the only Polish Roman Catholic church in the city.
0:20.2	Mass has just begun, but two young men still linger in the hallway.
0:24.1	Brother, we're late.
0:25.4	Hurry.
0:26.4	What's the point, Baldeck?
0:27.4	We must pray.
0:28.4	We must pray for our jobs back.
0:31.5	Up until recently, Baldeck and his brother worked at the New Berg Wiremills.
0:35.6	It was grueling work.
0:36.8	Long ten hour days earned the brothers just eight dollars a week.
0:40.4	Days ago, the Polish workers at the mill went on strike for better wages.
0:44.4	But when the strike was broken, all of them, including the two brothers, were fired.
0:49.1	During the strike I prayed, and God did not answer me then.
0:52.4	Brother, don't say such things.
0:54.0	I did as the priest said.
0:55.4	I prayed.
0:56.6	God did not help us.
0:58.5	The panic of 1893 has hit the country hard, but no one feels the pain of the economic
1:03.1	depression more than the immigrants of the working class.
1:06.6	For Poles like Baldeck and his brother losing their jobs is catastrophic.
1:11.1	Most turn to the church for hope, but some are turning to other places.
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