In 1840, President Van Buren got Congress to enact the Independent Treasury, a system which reflected:
a. Jacksonian views for paper money backed by specie
b. Democratic suspicion of banks and paper money
c. a more sophisticated understanding of economic theory
d. Van Buren's plan to help business out of the depression
B
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A) ordered her tried for treason B) sent in Marines to arrest her C) ordered her reinstatement D) ignored her pleas
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) the financial soundness of making loans to Germany so it could meet its reparations payments. B) the possibility of United States membership in the World Court. C) the causes of United States entry into World War I. D) the policy of United States intervention in Latin American nations.