The "Crime of '73" decried by debtors and western silver miners referred to
a. the scheme of Jay Gould and Jim Fisk to corner the silver market.
b. the federal government's abandonment of the silver standard in favor of the gold standard.
c. the decision by Congress to drop the coinage of silver dollars.
d. the brutal suppression of a miners' strike in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
e. a large issuance of "greenbacks" by the Treasury.
c
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