Greenback party
noun
a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
Greenbackism
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a word derived from
Greenback Party.
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a word derived from
Greenback party.
Greenback partynouna former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
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"Greenbackism" was, in substance, a plan to give the man without capital an equal opportunity in business with his rich competitor.
From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Selig Perlman
"Greenbackism" was the American counterpart of the contemporary radicalism of Europe.
From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Selig Perlman
There were, moreover, many other voters who, while regarding Greenbackism as an economic heresy, were convinced that bimetallism offered a safe and sound solution of the currency problem.
From The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics by Solon J. (Solon Justus) Buck
"Greenbackism" left no such permanent trace on American social and economic structure as "Republican education" or "free land."
From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Selig Perlman
