The only major northern victory during the early stages of the war came during the battle of

Battle of Shiloh

Explanation:

The Battle of Shiloh took place in April 6-7, 1862 in Southwestern Tennessee. This battle was extremely costly. It led to the defeat of the Confederate Army, and a Northern victory. Nevertheless, the war led to more deaths on the Union side than on the Confederate side, as well as a loss in reputation on the part of Ulysses S. Grant. At the time, it was also the most costly battle, as well as the battle with the highest number of casualties.

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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.

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