Greenback Party

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The Greenback Party was a late 19th-century U.S. political party that advocated expanding paper money issuance to help farmers and workers and opposed the gold standard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
advocatedFor better conditions for workers ⓘ
inflationary monetary policy ⓘ
relief for indebted farmers ⓘ
aimedTo help farmers ⓘ
help industrial workers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Greenback Labor Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party

National Greenback Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
color green ⓘ
corePolicy increased circulation of unbacked paper currency ⓘ
opposition to contraction of the money supply ⓘ
regulation in favor of debtors over creditors ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1889 ⓘ
electoralType third party in the United States ⓘ
founded 1874 ⓘ
hadVoterBaseIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
headquartersLocation United States ⓘ
historicalEra Gilded Age ⓘ
ideology agrarianism ⓘ
laborism ⓘ
monetary reform ⓘ
influenced Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party

later monetary reform movements ⓘ
issueFocus agrarian reform ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
nominated James B. Weaver ⓘ
Peter Cooper ⓘ
opposed conservative financial interests ⓘ
gold standard ⓘ
opposedPolicy resumption of specie payments ⓘ
originatedFrom post-Civil War economic discontent ⓘ
participatedIn United States presidential election of 1876 ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1880 ⓘ
politicalPositionOnCurrency fiat money ⓘ
position left-wing ⓘ
representedInterest rural laborers ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ
urban workers ⓘ
succeededBy People's Party ⓘ
supported expansion of paper money ⓘ
issuance of greenbacks ⓘ
supportedPolicy continued use of Civil War greenbacks ⓘ

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Benjamin F. Butler → politicalParty → Greenback Party ⓘ
Benjamin F. Butler → nominatedBy → Greenback Party ⓘ
Fusionist Republican–Populist coalition → includes → Populist Party (People's Party) ⓘ
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1892 United States presidential election → thirdParty → Populist Party ⓘ
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United States presidential election, 1896 → alsoNominatedBy → Populist Party ⓘ
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United States presidential election, 1900 → majorThirdParty → Populist Party ⓘ
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Greenback Party → alsoKnownAs → Greenback Labor Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Greenback Party → alsoKnownAs → National Greenback Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Greenback Party → influenced → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Free Silver movement → supportedBy → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Ira S. Haseltine → memberOfPoliticalParty → Greenback Party ⓘ
Peter Cooper → memberOfPoliticalParty → Greenback Party ⓘ
Adolph Sutro → politicalParty → Populist Party ⓘ
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People's Party → alsoKnownAs → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Ignatius Donnelly → politicalParty → Populist Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
James B. Weaver → memberOfPoliticalParty → Greenback Party ⓘ
James B. Weaver → memberOfPoliticalParty → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
James B. Weaver → nominatedBy → Greenback Party ⓘ
James B. Weaver → nominatedBy → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
James G. Field → memberOfPoliticalParty → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
James G. Field → affiliation → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Charles A. Towne → memberOfPoliticalParty → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Silver Republican Party → mergedInto → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Terence V. Powderly → politicalParty → Greenback Party ⓘ
What's the Matter with Kansas? → criticizes → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
Populist Party leaders → politicalMovement → Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party