Laurenz Carlo G. Salindong Mr. E.P. Salazar Composition IV 17 August 2012 Bring It Back to the Gold Standard The 2007 global financial crisis considered by many economists to be the worst since the Great Depression in the 1930s caused the downfall of large financial institutions such as drop of interconnected stock markets and the bailing out of major banks. This was triggered by the complex interplay of over-valuated mortgages‚ accumulated malpractice of trading between buyers and sellers
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9.5 Tests for halogens and halide Ions Test for halogen Test method Test observations Test chemistry and comments Chlorine gas Cl2 A pungent green gas. (i) Apply damp blue litmus. (Can use red litmus and just see bleaching effect.) (ii) A drop silver nitrate on the end of a glass rod into the gas. (i) litmus turns red and then is bleached white. (ii) White precipitate. (i) Non-metal‚ is acid in aqueous solution and a powerful oxidising agent (ii) It forms a small amount of chloride ion in water
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Zinn: Chapter 11 Courtney Sever Period 2 Chapter 11: Robber Barons and Rebels Main Ideas - Businessmen monopolized the markets (railroads and steel are two good examples) in exchange for “economic stability” to ensure that they had control over the full market. They would then change prices as they pleased to drive out their competition. - Many workers in the South organized strikes‚ asking for higher wages. Most of these workers were black or members of the Knights of Labor. These strikes were
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The Populist Movement ultimately failed to survive because of their desire for inflation and the support for the coinage of silver‚ as well as the fact that they merged with the Democratic Party to combat the Republicans. The 1896 election undermined agrarian insurgency‚ and a period of rapidly rising farm prices helped to bring about the dissolution of the Populist Party. Another important factor in the failure of the party was its inability to affect a genuine urban-rural coalition; its program
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is a prime example. In the United States‚ bimetallism (gold vs silver) became a heat topic of political conflict nearing the end of the nineteenth century. Newly discovered silver mines in the American West caused a dramatic decrease in the value of money. In order to demonetize silver‚ the government passed the Fourth Coinage Act in 1873 just as these silver resources were being flooded with miners. Supporters of monetary silver‚ known as the Silverites‚ referred to this act as “The Crime of ’73
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to make them known. In the year of 1892 the Populist Party established a platform that immensely affected the farmers and the laborers in America. This platform was based on the interests of farmers and laborers such as free coinage of gold and silver‚ direct election of senators‚ government ownership of railroads and a graduated federal income tax. The establishment of the Populist Party was formed by a group of small farmers and sharecroppers to oppose large scale commercial agriculture that
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fight what the farmers saw as the reasons for the decline in agriculture. During the final twenty years of the nineteenth century‚ many farmers in the United States saw monopolies and trusts‚ railroads‚ and money shortages and the loss in value of silver as threats to their way of life‚ though in many cases their complaints were not valid. The growth of the railroad was one of the most significant elements in American economic growth‚ yet it hurt small shippers and farmers in many ways. Extreme
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politicians‚ adopt a different appearance for each character. Like a politician‚ I am viewed in different eyes by different people| Oz|I am representative of the measurement (oz. is the abbreviation for ounce) of gold and silver. The populists argued for “Bimetallism” - having both gold and silver as a monetary standard.| Scarecrow|I represent the Midwest farmers. Some believe I did not have the brains to see and embrace my own interests. I also represent both wisdom and knowledge. I can see that we need
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Melissa DeLuca Blue Man Mania Picking a cultural event for my critique assignment wasn’t easy for me. There were so many different types of events to consider that choosing only one was difficult because there are so many forms of art that I have an interest in‚ almost every type. I looked around and found an event which I chose to attend because it offered a variety of art forms. I would identify this event as a musical concert‚ a play‚ a comedy‚ and a visual art show all in one! This spectacular
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momentum‚ they had put a senator in office and taken over the Kansas state Legislature. The election of 1896 was known as the “battle of the standards” because it focused primarily on the gold versus silver standards of money. People wanted quick solutions to the economic crisis and the support of free silver coinage began to rise in 1894. During the Democratic Convention William Jennings Bryan delivered the “Cross of Gold” speech. This speech is considered one to the most well known political speeches
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