How did populists want the government to handle currency in the late 1800s? a. populists wanted the government to make unlimited paper money. b. populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins. c. populists wanted the government to keep the gold standard. d. populists wanted the government to limit the amount of paper money.

The answer to this question is: Populists wanted the government  to make unlimited silver coins.

With these silver coins, people would have a proper currency. Or, at least, that was what the populists wanted.

The correct answer is B) Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins.

Populists wanted the government to handle currency in the late 1800s in that they wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins.

The Free Silver Movement in the United States in the late 19th century supported the unlimited coinage of silver and was seconded by farmers, the owners of the mines, and populists. All these people believed that silver was going to resolve many economic problems in the nation. Populists waved the flag of silver coins as a statement for true economic justice in the United States.