What did Franklin D. Roosevelt do on the first day following his inauguration?
a. moved the United States off the gold standard
b. declared a national state of emergency
c. declared a four-day “banking holiday”
d. addressed the nation in his first fireside chat
Answer: c. declared a four-day “banking holiday”
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A smaller conflict over slavery, which prefigured the American Civil War, was fought in which state during the late 1850s?
a. Missouri b. Kansas c. South Carolina d. Tennessee e. Texas