The battle pitted the gold standard fetishists of the East Coast and European money powers vs. yeoman farmers & miners arguing for bimetallism.
Free Silverites wanted greater transaction throughput in their communities.
They lost. Heed the lesson, BSVers.
twetch#8015 6.4y
The Free Silver Movement of the late-19th Century was one of the greatest political battles in American history.
It spawned no less than three new parties, split the Republicans in two, and took over the Democratic Party almost entirely.
What the chain says
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- 635 253
- Time
- 2020-05-17T03:01:12Z
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- App
- twetch
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- twetch#8015
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