Cross of Gold speech
E191363
The Cross of Gold speech was William Jennings Bryan’s famous 1896 Democratic National Convention address advocating bimetallism and denouncing the gold standard as oppressive to working people.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cross of Gold speech canonical | 3 |
| cross of gold | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1688691 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cross of Gold speech Context triple: [William Jennings Bryan, notableWork, Cross of Gold speech]
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A.
The Crime Against Kansas speech
The Crime Against Kansas speech was an 1856 anti-slavery address by U.S. Senator Charles Sumner that fiercely condemned the Kansas–Nebraska Act and pro-slavery forces, helping to intensify sectional tensions before the American Civil War.
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B.
Tenure of Office Act
The Tenure of Office Act was an 1867 U.S. federal law that restricted the president’s power to remove certain officeholders without Senate approval, and its alleged violation by President Andrew Johnson was central to his impeachment.
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C.
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
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D.
"Day of Infamy" speech
The "Day of Infamy" speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic address to the U.S. Congress on December 8, 1941, calling for a declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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E.
Throne Speech of 1901
The Throne Speech of 1901 was the Dutch monarch’s formal address to parliament that, among other matters, introduced the new colonial reform agenda later known as the Dutch Ethical Policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cross of Gold speech Target entity description: The Cross of Gold speech was William Jennings Bryan’s famous 1896 Democratic National Convention address advocating bimetallism and denouncing the gold standard as oppressive to working people.
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A.
The Crime Against Kansas speech
The Crime Against Kansas speech was an 1856 anti-slavery address by U.S. Senator Charles Sumner that fiercely condemned the Kansas–Nebraska Act and pro-slavery forces, helping to intensify sectional tensions before the American Civil War.
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B.
Tenure of Office Act
The Tenure of Office Act was an 1867 U.S. federal law that restricted the president’s power to remove certain officeholders without Senate approval, and its alleged violation by President Andrew Johnson was central to his impeachment.
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C.
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
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D.
"Day of Infamy" speech
The "Day of Infamy" speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic address to the U.S. Congress on December 8, 1941, calling for a declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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E.
Throne Speech of 1901
The Throne Speech of 1901 was the Dutch monarch’s formal address to parliament that, among other matters, introduced the new colonial reform agenda later known as the Dutch Ethical Policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oratory
ⓘ
political speech ⓘ |
| addresses |
farmers’ economic distress
ⓘ
laborers’ economic distress ⓘ |
| advocates | bimetallism ⓘ |
| aimedAt | working people ⓘ |
| author | William Jennings Bryan ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizes |
Eastern financial elites
ⓘ
creditor interests ⓘ |
| date | 1896-07-09 ⓘ |
| deliveredAt | 1896 Democratic National Convention ⓘ |
| event | 1896 Democratic National Convention ⓘ |
| famousLine |
Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic
ⓘ
You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold ⓘ |
| genre | persuasive speech ⓘ |
| hasPart | closing peroration containing the cross of gold metaphor ⓘ |
| helpedSecure |
United States presidential election, 1896
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic presidential nomination of William Jennings Bryan
|
| historicalContext | Panic of 1893 aftermath ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| ideology | Populism ⓘ |
| includedIn | United States political history curricula ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
speech transcript
ⓘ
text ⓘ |
| metaphor |
Cross of Gold speech
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
cross of gold
|
| movement | Free Silver movement ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
pro-gold standard Democrats ⓘ |
| opposes | gold standard ⓘ |
| place |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| politicalPartyContext |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| relatedElection |
United States presidential election, 1896
ⓘ
surface form:
United States presidential election of 1896
|
| resultedIn | William Jennings Bryan nomination for President by the Democratic Party in 1896 ⓘ |
| rhetoricalDevice |
biblical allusion
ⓘ
religious metaphor ⓘ |
| rhetoricalStyle | evangelical oratory ⓘ |
| significance |
landmark in American political oratory
ⓘ
turning point in Bryan’s political career ⓘ |
| speaker | William Jennings Bryan ⓘ |
| supports |
coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 with gold
ⓘ
inflationary monetary policy ⓘ |
| topic |
bimetallism
ⓘ
free silver ⓘ gold standard ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ |
| year | 1896 ⓘ |
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Subject: Cross of Gold speech Description of subject: The Cross of Gold speech was William Jennings Bryan’s famous 1896 Democratic National Convention address advocating bimetallism and denouncing the gold standard as oppressive to working people.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
cross of gold