The key concepts in Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward were pacifism and anti-imperialism. * community and cooperation. industrial power and overseas colonies. social gospel and free silver. In the late nineteenth century, Democrats generally sought to do each of the following except: * increase the influence of the federal government gather support from newly naturalized immigrants in the North protect states' rights slash expenditures Supporters of the new People's Party founded in 1890 called themselves * Populists. Partisans. Socialists. Anarchists. Those who advocated soft currency and silver coinage were actually calling for reducing the amount of silver in circulation. higher interest rates. * expansion of money in circulation. increasing overseas markets. William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech advocated * the free silver issue. progressive income taxes. a gold standard. a national bank.