William McKinley appointed Adlai Ewing Stevenson to head a commission charged with international promotion of this cause. The
William McKinley appointed Adlai Ewing Stevenson to head a commission charged with international promotion of this cause. The Thomas Amendment to the AAA Act furthered this cause. This cause, promoted by William Harvey, was advanced by an 1878 piece of legislation that authorized $2.5 million to be used for this cause, whose proponents, many of which were farmers, were angered by what they called "the (*) Crime of '73." An 1890 piece of legislation advancing this cause established a 16.5 to 1 ratio of exchange but was repealed when it almost resulted in bankruptcy. Advanced by the Bland-Allison and Sherman Acts, for 10 points, identify this cause championed by William Jennings Bryan to allow two types of specie to be used for currency.
William McKinley appointed Adlai Ewing Stevenson to head a commission charged with international promotion of this cause.
bimetallism or free silver [accept anything that implies silver could be used for coinage as well as gold]