Who most strongly supported the free silver movement?
Question:
b)depositors
c)merchants
d)investors
A. debtors
Supporters of free silver included owners of silver mines in the West, farmers who believed that an expanded currency would increase the price of their crops, and debtors who hoped it would enable them to pay their debts more easily. For true believers, silver became the symbol of economic justice for the mass of the American people.
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