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True or false:Populist Party strongly supported the gold standard and was supported by most farmers?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

False.The populist party was indeed Agrarian, or based in agriculture, so farmers did support the populist party. However, the party was also incredibly opposed to the gold standard, and wanted to introduce silver as a valuable currency to help inflate prices of crops and create more wealth. They even tried to elect william jennings bryan, a man most notable for his opposition to the gold standard.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

agreed. they pushed for "free silver" to stop inflation and debt

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