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Gold Standard Act

The Gold Standard Act of 1900 (ratified on March 14) established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism (which had allowed silver in exchange for gold).

See also:

• Gold standard
• Resumption Act
• Bland-Allison Act
• Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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