The Glass-Steagall Act created the FDIC, which provided
A) a federal oversight committee to regulate the stock market.
B) federal insurance for bank accounts but also required banks not to use their money to speculate.
C) federal insurance for bank accounts but also required banks to use their money to speculate.
D) federal oversight committee to regulate interest rates.
Answer: B
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A. to avenge the father he never met B. to acquire more territory for Rome C. to burnish his military credentials D. to establish a route to Britain
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A) sugar B) tobacco C) silver D) spices
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A. their strict adherence to Sunni Islam. B. the fact that they mastered gunpowder, which led to a complacent sense of security. C. the East Asian origins of their early rulers. D. the fact that each was controlled by western European interests by 1700. E. their cultivation of transoceanic trade ties with West Africa.
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What will be an ideal response?