Bland–Allison Act

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United States federal law monetary policy legislation

The Bland–Allison Act was an 1878 U.S. law that required the federal government to purchase and coin a limited amount of silver each month, partially restoring bimetallism after the “Crime of 1873.”

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bland–Allison Act canonical	7
Allison Amendment to the Bland–Allison Act	1
Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act	1
Bland–Allison Act of 1878	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ monetary policy legislation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bland–Allison Act ⓘ surface form: Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1878-02-28 ⓘ
effect	partially restored bimetallism in the United States ⓘ
historicalContext	post–Civil War monetary debates ⓘ reaction to the Coinage Act of 1873 ⓘ
impact	expanded the money supply relative to the Coinage Act of 1873 regime ⓘ increased silver coinage in the United States ⓘ
implementedBy	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ United States Mint ⓘ
introducedBy	Richard P. Bland ⓘ William B. Allison ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfLegislature	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
monetaryStandard	limited bimetallic standard ⓘ
namedAfter	Richard P. Bland ⓘ William B. Allison ⓘ
nickNameOfContext	partial reversal of the Crime of 1873 ⓘ
officeOfSigner	President of the United States ⓘ
opposedBy	Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ eastern financial interests ⓘ
policyType	silver purchase requirement ⓘ
purpose	to require the U.S. Treasury to purchase and coin silver ⓘ
relatedTo	Coinage Act of 1873 ⓘ the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 ⓘ surface form: Sherman Silver Purchase Act
repealedBy	the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 ⓘ surface form: Sherman Silver Purchase Act
repealYear	1890 ⓘ
requiredCoinage	standard silver dollars ⓘ
requiredMonthlySilverPurchaseMaximum	4,000,000 dollars worth of silver ⓘ
requiredMonthlySilverPurchaseMinimum	2,000,000 dollars worth of silver ⓘ
signedBy	Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
silverDollarDenomination	one-dollar silver coin ⓘ
silverDollarFineness	0.900 fine silver ⓘ
silverDollarWeight	412.5 grains ⓘ
subject	United States monetary policy ⓘ bimetallism ⓘ silver coinage ⓘ
supportedBy	agrarian and debtor groups ⓘ silver interests in Western states ⓘ
vetoedBy	Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
vetoOverriddenBy	United States Congress ⓘ
yearEnacted	1878 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silver Certificate → authorizedBy → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 → replaced → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890

the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 → amended → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890

the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 → precededBy → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890

Bland–Allison Act → alsoKnownAs → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act

Morgan dollar → introducedFollowing → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

Coinage Act of 1873 → followedBy → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes → significantEvent → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bland–Allison Act of 1878

Colorado silver boom → associatedWith → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

William B. Allison → notableWork → Bland–Allison Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allison Amendment to the Bland–Allison Act