Panic of 1893

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The Panic of 1893 was a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States marked by bank failures, railroad bankruptcies, and mass unemployment that helped bring the Gilded Age to a close.

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Generate an image of the Panic of 1893 (The Panic of 1893 was a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States marked by bank failures, railroad bankruptcies, and mass unemployment that helped bring the Gilded Age to a close.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic depression ⓘ
financial panic ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource U.S. economic history textbooks ⓘ
endTime late 1890s ⓘ
followedBy economic recovery in the late 1890s ⓘ
hasCause collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing ⓘ
concerns about the U.S. commitment to the gold standard ⓘ
declining European investment in the United States ⓘ
falling U.S. gold reserves ⓘ
speculation in railroads ⓘ
the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 ⓘ
hasEffect Coxey's Army march of 1894 ⓘ
Democratic Party losses in subsequent elections ⓘ
Pullman Strike of 1894 ⓘ
linked to: Pullman Strike

bank failures across the United States ⓘ
business failures ⓘ
context for the presidential election of 1896 ⓘ
decline in confidence in major financial institutions ⓘ
end of the Gilded Age era ⓘ
expansion of federal government involvement in the economy ⓘ
falling farm prices ⓘ
increased support for monetary reform ⓘ
labor unrest ⓘ
mass unemployment ⓘ
political realignment in the United States ⓘ
pressure on President Grover Cleveland's administration ⓘ
railroad bankruptcies ⓘ
rise of the free silver movement ⓘ
strengthening of the Populist movement ⓘ
widespread poverty ⓘ
location Chicago ⓘ
New York City financial markets ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
southern United States ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
mainVictim banking sector in the United States ⓘ
farmers ⓘ
industrial workers ⓘ
railroad industry in the United States ⓘ
partOf history of capitalism in the United States ⓘ
history of the Gilded Age ⓘ
precededBy Panic of 1873 ⓘ
significantPerson Grover Cleveland ⓘ
J. P. Morgan ⓘ
William Jennings Bryan ⓘ
startTime 1893 ⓘ

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Gilded Age → majorEvent → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 → associatedWithEvent → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 → consideredCauseOf → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Coxey's Army march of 1894 → hasCause → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Panic of 1907 → precededBy → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Cleveland administration → partOf → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Cleveland administration → notableEvent → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
The Ballad of Baby Doe → historicalContext → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
subject linked to: The Ballad of Baby Doe (opera)
Colorado silver boom → significantEvent → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Leadville mining district → associatedWithEvent → Panic of 1893 silver price collapse ⓘ
linked to: Panic of 1893
Silver Republican Party → historicalContext → Panic of 1893 and subsequent depression ⓘ
linked to: Panic of 1893
What's the Matter with Kansas? → influencedBy → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Silverite movement → relatedTo → Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Aspen mining district → declineEvent → Panic of 1893 ⓘ