As part of his effort to address the nation's economic woes, Nixon took the United States off the gold standard, which did all of the following EXCEPT

A. lower the value of the dollar.
B. temporarily freeze wages and prices.
C. create a volatile international currency market.
D. dismantle the Bretton Woods system.


Answer: B

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