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Gold Standard Act

United States [1900]

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Free Silver Movement

In Free Silver Movement
…majority in Congress enacted the Gold Standard Act, which made gold the sole standard for all currency.
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U.S. gold reserves

In United States: Economic recovery
…1900 that Congress enacted the Gold Standard Act, which required the Treasury to maintain a minimum gold reserve of \$150,000,000 and authorized the issuance of bonds, if necessary, to protect that minimum. In 1900 such a measure was almost anticlimactic, for an adequate gold supply had ceased to be a…
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