The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former United States Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention...
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Free silver (redirect from Free coinage of silver)
presidential elections of 1896 and 1900, under the leadership of William Jennings Bryan, famed for his Cross of Gold speech in favor of free silver. The Populists...
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Gold Cross or Golden Cross may refer to: Army Gold Cross, British Army award of the Napoleonic wars German awards: German Cross in Gold, a Nazi Germany...
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The Chance for Peace speech, also known as the Cross of Iron speech, was an address given by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 16, 1953, shortly...
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support with his Cross of Gold speech, which called for reform of the monetary system and attacked business leaders as the cause of ongoing economic depression...
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"Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech: Mesmerizing the Masses". History Matters. Retrieved July 28, 2014. "Logos, Ethos, Pathos, Kairos". University of Louisville...
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William Jennings Bryan (category Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska)
Democratic National Convention, Bryan delivered his "Cross of Gold" speech which attacked the gold standard and the eastern moneyed interests and crusaded...
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an orator who gave many speeches on the issue, the most famous being his "Cross of Gold" speech of July 9, 1896. In this speech, Bryan laid out his belief...
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A Time for Choosing (redirect from "The Speech")
speech "the most successful national political debut since William Jennings Bryan electrified the 1896 Democratic Convention with his 'Cross of Gold'...
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Silverite (category Economic history of the United States)
presidential candidate was William Jennings Bryan, whose famous Cross of Gold speech argued in their favor. He unsuccessfully ran for president several...
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Trickle-down economics (redirect from Criticism of trickle-down economics)
concept using the metaphor of a "leak" in his Cross of Gold speech. William Safire traced the origin of the term to this speech. William J. Bennett credits...
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William E. Russell (politician) (category Democratic Party governors of Massachusetts)
National Convention immediately prior to William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold speech, and refused efforts to draft him as an opponent to Bryan for the...
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community (near the site of the 1893 World's Fair). It hosted the 1896 Democratic National Convention (known for the "Cross of Gold" speech), and several early...
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overnight sensation because of his "Cross of Gold" speech, waged a new-style crusade against the supporters of the gold standard. Criss-crossing the...
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nominee of a major party), defeating former Missouri Representative Richard P. Bland and several other candidates. Bryan's Cross of Gold speech, in which...
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Dark horse (category Political terminology of the United States)
famous Cross of Gold speech (Bryan would go on to receive the Democratic presidential nomination twice more and serve as United States Secretary of State)...
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William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign (category Gold standard)
year after electrifying the Democratic National Convention with his Cross of Gold speech. He was defeated in the general election by the Republican candidate...
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Orator (redirect from List of orators)
particularly famous speech or speeches. Most religious leaders and politicians (by nature of their office) may give many speeches, as may those who support...
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Bryan, Cross of Gold speech Foregrounding Prosody (linguistics) Repetition (rhetorical device) Gary Blake and Robert W. Bly, The Elements of Technical...
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Personification of Judge magazine on the cover of the 15 Jul 1893 issue An 1896 cartoon, on William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech An 1899 cover of Judge...
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the farmers prospered first. Bryan made the point bluntly in the "Cross of Gold" speech, delivered in Chicago just 25 years after that city had burned down...
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537 1896 affirms the idea of "separate but equal" 1896 – William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech 1896 – Gold discovered in the Yukon's...
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money and a switch to the gold standard. This issue split the Democratic Party in 1896. It led to the famous Cross of Gold speech given by William Jennings...
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Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan to be President after his Cross of Gold speech, though with a different Vice President. This proves to be disastrous...
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the great opponent of the Bourbon Democrats. Harnessing the energy of an agrarian insurgency with his famous Cross of Gold speech, Congressman Bryan soon...
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known presentation of Bryan's famous 'Cross of Gold' speech was at a church social at the Perry Presbyterian Church. The text of the speech was printed in...
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William Howard Taft (redirect from 27th President of the United States of America)
July stampeded the 1896 Democratic National Convention with his Cross of Gold speech. Bryan, both in that address and in his campaign, strongly advocated...
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Jennings Bryan electrified the 1896 Democratic convention with the ‘Cross of Gold’ speech." Reagan assembled advisors and financiers, and in late 1965 he...
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People's Party (United States) (redirect from Populist Party of America)
Convention nominated William Jennings Bryan for president after Bryan's Cross of Gold speech galvanized the party behind free silver. For vice president, the...
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Third Party System (category Political history of the United States)
democracy). Bryan, in his Cross of Gold speech, talked about workers and farmers crucified by big business, evil bankers and the gold standard. With Bryan...
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