What political tactic led the candidate to victory in the 1896 presidential election?
a. debates
b. advertisement
c. slander
d. pay-offs

The correct answer is B

 The Republicans engaged in a massive advertising campaign. The Republican party filled the country with 250 million pieces of literature in support of the Republican presidential candidate William McKinley.

During this advertising campaigns that were heavily funded, Republicans portrayed their opponent as a dangerous religious fanatic. Republican posters ad speeches gave the impression that Bryan, the Democrat presidential candidate was an anarchist. They painted Bryans policies as a sure death knell to the country's economy should he be elected while hailing McKinley as the man to prosper America.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: