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title: "Why did Populists want the United States to move from a currency backed by gold to one backed by both gold and silver?"  
description: "Why did Populists want the United States to move from a currency backed by gold to one backed by both gold and silver?"  
author: "Rivera fuller"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43031/why-did-populists-want-the-united-states-to-move-from-a-currency-backed-by-gold-to-one-backed-by-both-gold-and-silver  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Populists want the United States to move from a currency backed by gold to one backed by both gold and silver?

Why did Populists want the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41822/what-was-the-costliest-battle-in-the-history-of-the-united-states-marines-corps) to move from a [currency](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311850/currency-wars-what-they-are-and-how-they-work) backed by [gold](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31705/what-is-sovereign-gold-bond-scheme) to one backed by both gold and [silver](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38278/name-the-portuguese-player-who-won-the-silver-boot-award-in-euro-2016-championship)?\
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