What did the National Bank Act of 1863 do?
A) It created a national bank in each Confederate state.
B) It established criteria by which a bank could get a federal charter and issue national bank notes.
C) It declared that it was a conflict of interest, and therefore illegal, for federally chartered banks to purchase federal war bonds.
D) It tied the value of Confederate currency to the price of cotton on the European market.
E) It took the Union off the gold standard.
B
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The Japanese general staff proposed a preemptive strike against the U.S. navy at Pearl Harbor because it
a. sought control of the oil-rich Dutch East Indies. b. feared America's land-based air power. c. feared American superior willpower. d. had imperialist ambitions in the Americas.
A major difference between northern and Italian literary scholars was
a. northern scholars were inclined to apply their knowledge to business rather than art. b. Italian scholars were more withdrawn and cloistered. c. northern scholars tried to reconcile humanism and Christianity. d. Italian scholars rarely deviated from Christian theology in their studies. e. Italian scholars came mostly from church-run institutions.
Many moderate leaders feared that the Revolution, rather than being a war for freedom, would result in:
a. political changes that would allow ordinary men and women to vote b. social upheavals that would make the lower classes more important c. economic changes in the power structure, leaving the rich in control d. England becoming more liberal than America
To discourage invasion of Russia by the Golden Horde, Basil I formed an alliance with
a. Poland. b. Lithuania. c. the Teutonic Knights. d. the Holy Roman Empire. e. the Ottoman Empire.