Which of the following best compares henry clay and andrew jackson? both clay and jackson belonged to the democratic party. both clay and jackson belonged to the whig party. both clay and jackson ran for president in the 1800s. both clay and jackson promoted the american system.

Both Clay and Jackson ran for president in the 1800s. Though he lost the nomination he backed John Quincy Adams to run against Jackson.  Many of Jackson’s allies criticized Clay’s actions. This hurt Clay’s reputation and began a very intense rivalry between him and Jackson.

It's C

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-   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.