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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Free Silver movement canonical | 3 |
| Free Coinage of Silver movement | 1 |
| Free Silver political movement | 1 |
| Free silver | 1 |
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Target entity: Free Silver movement Context triple: [Bimetallism, associatedWith, Free Silver movement]
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Target entity: Free Silver movement Target entity description: 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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A.
New Jewel Movement
The New Jewel Movement was a Marxist-Leninist political organization in Grenada that led the 1979 revolution overthrowing Eric Gairy and briefly governed the country under Maurice Bishop.
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B.
Home Rule movement
The Home Rule movement was an early 20th-century Indian political campaign led by figures like Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant that demanded self-government within the British Empire and helped lay the groundwork for mass nationalist mobilization.
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C.
COBRA movement
The COBRA movement was a post-World War II European avant-garde art collective known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract works that rejected traditional artistic conventions.
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D.
Redeemer movement
The Redeemer movement was a post–Civil War political coalition in the American South that sought to restore white Democratic control and roll back Reconstruction-era reforms.
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E.
Give Me Liberty
Give Me Liberty is a political work by Rose Wilder Lane that champions individual freedom and limited government, helping to establish her as a key figure in American libertarian thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monetary reform movement
ⓘ
political movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Free Silver movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Free Coinage of Silver movement
Silverite movement ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| declinePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| economicPolicy | bimetallism ⓘ |
| goal |
cause inflation
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combat deflation ⓘ expand money supply ⓘ increase crop prices ⓘ reduce real burden of debt ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
contributed to realignment of U.S. political parties
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shaped U.S. monetary policy debate ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Coinage Act of 1873
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Panic of 1873 ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
bimetallic standard
ⓘ
cheap money ⓘ monetary populism ⓘ soft money ⓘ |
| mainRegion |
Southern United States
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
|
| monetaryRatioProposed | 16 to 1 silver to gold ⓘ |
| notableProponent |
Populist Party leaders
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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
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Election of 1900 ⓘ Panic of 1873 ⓘ |
| slogan |
Free Silver movement
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Free silver
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| startTime | 1870s ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
Greenback Party ⓘ
surface form:
Populist Party
farmers ⓘ indebted farmers ⓘ miners ⓘ urban workers ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Free Silver movement Description of subject: 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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