 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mutemo wa1873 wakabvisa mitemo yaibvumira vanochengeta mari yesirivha kuti simbi yavo ishandurwe kuva madhora esirivha; iye zvino vaigona kugamuchira madhora okuTengeserana bedzi, ayo akanga asiri mari yepamutemo inopfuura 5. Sezvo mutengo wesirivha panguva iyoyo wakanga uri anenge 1.30 paaunzi, kwakanga kusina kuchema kwavagadziri vesirivha. Kutanga muna 1874, zvisinei, mutengo wakaderera; sirivha yaisazotengeswazve nokuda kwe1.2929 kana kuti kupfuura pamusika wakazaruka muUnited States kutozosvikira muna 1963. Vatsigiri vesirivha vaitsvaka musika wechinhu chacho uye vaidavira kuti sirivha yakasununguka kana kuti bimetallism yaizosimudzira upfumi uye yaizoita kuti zvive nyore kuvarimi kubhadhara zvikwereti. Vakawanda muCongress vakabvumirana, uye hondo yokutanga pamusoro penhau yacho yakaguma nokukunda kwakanga kusina kukwana kwemasimba esirivha, sezvo Mutemo waBlandAllison wa1878 waida kuti Mint itenge sirivha yakawanda pamusika wakazaruka ndokurova mari yesirivha mumadhora. Mint yakaita kudaro, ichishandisa mufananidzo mutsva wakaitwa noMubetseri Wokuveza George T. Morgan, uyo akazozivikanwa sedhora raMorgan. Nhau yokuti mwero wemari upi waizoshandiswa yakabata rudzi rwacho kwezana ramakore rechi 19, ichiva yakakomba zvikurusa musarudzo yapurezidhendi ya 1896. Musarudzo idzodzo, mukwikwidzi weDemocratic asina kubudirira, William Jennings Bryan, akaita mushandirapamwe wesirivha yakasununguka, achinge asimbisa Democratic National Conventionnehurukuro yake yeCross of Gold, achishora mutemo wegoridhe. Nhau yacho yakagadziriswa panguva iyoyo neGold Standard Act ya1900, ichiita kuti mwero iwoyo uve mutemo wenyika. 