Greenback Party
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The Greenback Party was a late 19th-century U.S. political party that advocated expanding paper money issuance to help farmers and workers and opposed the gold standard.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Populist Party | 5 |
| Greenback Party canonical | 4 |
| Greenback Labor Party | 1 |
| National Greenback Party | 1 |
| Populist Party (People's Party) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Greenback Party Context triple: [Benjamin F. Butler, politicalParty, Greenback Party]
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Free Soil Party
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived mid-19th-century American political party that opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories and helped lay the groundwork for the later Republican Party.
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Reform Party of the United States of America
The Reform Party of the United States of America is a minor centrist political party founded by Ross Perot in the 1990s that has occasionally attracted high-profile figures dissatisfied with the Republican and Democratic parties.
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C.
Reform Party
The Reform Party was a conservative political party in New Zealand that played a major role in early 20th-century politics before merging into what became the modern National Party.
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D.
Liberty Party
The Liberty Party was a 19th-century American political party dedicated to the abolition of slavery and the restriction of its expansion in the United States.
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Liberal Republican Party (United States)
The Liberal Republican Party (United States) was a short-lived 19th-century political party formed in opposition to Ulysses S. Grant’s administration, advocating civil service reform, an end to Reconstruction-era military interventions in the South, and a more moderate post–Civil War reconciliation policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Greenback Party Target entity description: The Greenback Party was a late 19th-century U.S. political party that advocated expanding paper money issuance to help farmers and workers and opposed the gold standard.
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A.
Free Soil Party
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived mid-19th-century American political party that opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories and helped lay the groundwork for the later Republican Party.
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B.
Reform Party of the United States of America
The Reform Party of the United States of America is a minor centrist political party founded by Ross Perot in the 1990s that has occasionally attracted high-profile figures dissatisfied with the Republican and Democratic parties.
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C.
Reform Party
The Reform Party was a conservative political party in New Zealand that played a major role in early 20th-century politics before merging into what became the modern National Party.
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D.
Liberty Party
The Liberty Party was a 19th-century American political party dedicated to the abolition of slavery and the restriction of its expansion in the United States.
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Liberal Republican Party (United States)
The Liberal Republican Party (United States) was a short-lived 19th-century political party formed in opposition to Ulysses S. Grant’s administration, advocating civil service reform, an end to Reconstruction-era military interventions in the South, and a more moderate post–Civil War reconciliation policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct political party
ⓘ
political party ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
better conditions for workers
ⓘ
inflationary monetary policy ⓘ relief for indebted farmers ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
help farmers
ⓘ
help industrial workers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Greenback Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenback Labor Party
Greenback Party ⓘ
surface form:
National Greenback Party
|
| color | green ⓘ |
| corePolicy |
increased circulation of unbacked paper currency
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opposition to contraction of the money supply ⓘ regulation in favor of debtors over creditors ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | 1889 ⓘ |
| electoralType | third party in the United States ⓘ |
| founded | 1874 ⓘ |
| hadVoterBaseIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| historicalEra | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| ideology |
agrarianism
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laborism ⓘ monetary reform ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greenback Party
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Populist Party
later monetary reform movements ⓘ |
| issueFocus |
agrarian reform
ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ |
| nominated |
James B. Weaver
ⓘ
Peter Cooper ⓘ |
| opposed |
conservative financial interests
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gold standard ⓘ |
| opposedPolicy | resumption of specie payments ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | post-Civil War economic discontent ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1876 United States presidential election
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surface form:
United States presidential election of 1876
1880 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form:
United States presidential election of 1880
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| politicalPositionOnCurrency | fiat money ⓘ |
| position | left-wing ⓘ |
| representedInterest |
rural laborers
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small farmers ⓘ urban workers ⓘ |
| succeededBy | People's Party ⓘ |
| supported |
expansion of paper money
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issuance of greenbacks ⓘ |
| supportedPolicy | continued use of Civil War greenbacks ⓘ |
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Subject: Greenback Party Description of subject: The Greenback Party was a late 19th-century U.S. political party that advocated expanding paper money issuance to help farmers and workers and opposed the gold standard.
Referenced by (12)
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