Free Silver movement

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The Free Silver movement was a late 19th-century American political campaign that advocated expanding the money supply by coining silver as well as gold, aiming to combat deflation and aid indebted farmers and workers.

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Free Silver movement canonical 3
Free Coinage of Silver movement 1
Free Silver political movement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monetary reform movement
political movement
alsoKnownAs Free Coinage of Silver movement
Silverite movement
country United States
declinePeriod early 20th century
economicPolicy bimetallism
goal cause inflation
combat deflation
expand money supply
increase crop prices
reduce real burden of debt
historicalImpact contributed to realignment of U.S. political parties
shaped U.S. monetary policy debate
influencedBy Coinage Act of 1873
Panic of 1873
keyConcept bimetallic standard
cheap money
monetary populism
soft money
mainRegion Southern United States
Western United States
monetaryRatioProposed 16 to 1 silver to gold
notableProponent Populist Party leaders
Western silver mine owners
William Jennings Bryan
opposedBy Eastern financial interests
Gold standard advocates
Republican Party
positionOnCurrency free and unlimited coinage of silver
positionOnGoldStandard opposition to exclusive gold standard
reasonForDecline increased gold supplies
political defeat in 1896 presidential election
rising price levels after 1896
relatedTo Populism in the United States
Progressive Era monetary debates
relatedWork Cross of Gold speech
significantEvent Election of 1896
Election of 1900
Panic of 1873
slogan Free silver
startTime 1870s
supportedBy Democratic Party
Populist Party
linked to: Greenback Party

farmers
indebted farmers
miners
urban workers
timePeriod late 19th century

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Bimetallism associatedWith Free Silver movement
Coinage Act of 1873 relatedTo Free Silver movement
Coinage Act of 1873 inspired Free Silver political movement
linked to: Free Silver movement
Cross of Gold speech movement Free Silver movement
Free Silver movement slogan Free silver
linked to: Free Silver movement
Free Silver movement alsoKnownAs Free Coinage of Silver movement
linked to: Free Silver movement