Examples of Silverites in the following topics:
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Silverties Versus Goldbugs
- "Silverites" were pitted against "Goldbugs" in a political conflict towards the end of the 1800s that revolved around currency policy.
- This angered the proponents of monetary silver, known as the silverites.
- The "silverites" argued that using silver would inflate the money supply and mean more cash for everyone, which they equated with prosperity.
- The Silverites advocated free coinage of silver.
- Many Silverites were from the West, where silver was mined.
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The Populist Party and the Election of 1896
- With others, he made certain that the Democratic platform reflected the now-strengthening spirit of the silverites.
- A two-thirds vote was required for the Democratic Party nomination and at the Convention the silverites just barely had it, despite the extreme regional polarization of the delegates.
- The delegates from the rest of the country voted 91% against gold, so the silverites controlled 67% of the delegates.
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The Economy and the Silver Solution
- Supporters of Free Silver were called "Silverites".
- The Silverites promoted Bimetallism, the use of both silver and gold as currency at the ratio of 16 to 1, 16 ounces of silver would be worth 1 ounce of gold.
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The People's Party and the Election of 1896
- Bryan's strength was based on the traditional Democratic vote (minus the middle class and the Germans); he swept the old Populist strongholds in the west and South, and added the Silverite states in the west, but he did poorly in the industrial heartland.
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Economic Conditions
- This angered proponents of the free coinage of silver known as the "Silverites."
- Silverites, who did not realize that most transactions were handled by bank checks, not sacks of gold, believed the new prosperity was spurred by the discovery of gold in the Yukon.
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Populism and Religion
- He was a leader of the silverite movement in the 1890s, a peace advocate, a prohibitionist, and an opponent of Darwinism on religious grounds.
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The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements
- Silverites—who did not realize that most transactions were handled by bank checks, not sacks of gold—believed the new prosperity was spurred by the discovery of gold in the Yukon.
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The Populist Movement
- Bryan's strength was based on the traditional Democratic vote (minus the middle class and the Germans); he swept the old Populist strongholds in the West and South, and added the Silverite states in the West, but he did poorly in the industrial heartland.