Read the excerpt from William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech: There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up and through every class that rests upon it.
Which three statements describe Bryan’s positions on the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the 1896 election?

A) The Republican Party made policies that supported big business.
B) The Democratic Party wanted to create more upward mobility for people.
C) The Republican Party was focused on distributing wealth equally.
D) The Democratic Party understood the economy from the point of view of workers and farmers.
E) Bryan was adopting some of the ideas of the Republican Party to attract voters for Democrats.