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The free coinage of Western senators is related directly to the silver vs gold debate.?
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Why did the Coinage Act 1873 cause protest?
The Coinage Act of 1873 stopped the minting of silver coins.
Why did industrialists oppose the increased coinage of silver during the nineteenth century?
In my view, the industrialists feared that coinage of silver would increase the money supply and thereby lower interest rates to the benefit of the debtors, such as farmers, and the detriment of the creditors, such as the industrialists.
What political party favored free silver in the eightteen hundreds?
The Democratic Party In campaigning for The Election of 1896, William Jennings Bryan supported silver, rather than the gold standard, which William McKinley supported. McKinley won the election.
Which groups did populists appeal to most?
The Populist Party appealed strongly to farmers who were deep in debt and felt betrayed by the traditional political parties. It proposed a progressive income tax and would allow the free coinage of silver which appealed to many others.
