As a result of the week-long bank holiday declared on March 6, 1933
A) financial leaders met with Congress to establish a new law on insuring deposits.
B) $2.5 billion was lost to looters.
C) Congress was able to pass legislation allowing only approved banks to reopen.
D) the stock market stabilized and another financial crisis was avoided.
E) Congress had time to reach out to foreign investors for loans.
C
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Examine the broadside announcing an abolitionist meeting in New York that appears in Chapter 9. What message does the broadside proclaim to American readers?
A) Abolitionism is fine for America but not for Europe. B) Abolitionism is southern policy but not northern policy. C) Abolitionism is an outrage against American rights and values. D) Abolitionism is God's law and should be embraced.
The Zhou dynasty established a feudal system of government that
A) ignored local leaders. B) was ruled from one central location absolutely. C) emphasized the rule of the local priests. D) allowed women and peasants legal rights. E) gave local authority to powerful nobles in exchange for their loyalty.
Once Jesuit missionaries demonstrated Western technology in astronomy at the Chinese Imperial Observatory, the imperial court
a. was unimpressed with their technology, but then worked to steal it. b. asked the Jesuits to teach their astronomers. c. handed the observatory over to the Jesuits. d. systematically reformed their calendar themselves.
The status of blacksmiths in traditional west African cultures illustrates ________
A) independent evolution of ironworking in Africa B) the prestige of ironworking C) the first African civilizations D) Bantu migrations