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=== Economic & Political ===
=== Economic & Political ===
* Andrew Carnegie
* Andrew Carnegie
* bimetallism
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<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