AP US History vocabulary list: Difference between revisions
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=== Economic & Political === | === Economic & Political === | ||
* Andrew Carnegie | * Andrew Carnegie | ||
* bimetallism | * | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:bimetallism|the policy of fixing the value of silver and gold so taht if one went up or down, the relative value of the other would stay the same; in the late 19th century, bimetallism was used politically to oppose the gold standard, especially by Wm. Jennings Bryan, who more largely argued for "free silver" but used bimetallism as a supposed compromise between gold and silver, although it would essential tie Gold to the decreasing value of silver, which was Bryan[s purpose}}</ul></li> | |||
* economies of scale | * economies of scale | ||
* "free silver" | |||
* Grange, the | * Grange, the | ||
* hard money | * hard money | ||