President Cleveland's action to save the nation's gold reserves in 1895 was widely criticized because it
a. took the nation off the gold standard.
b. substantially increased the tax burden on low-income families.
c. allowed a banking syndicate led by J. P. Morgan to make a large profit.
d. increased the cost of living for the average working-class family.
c
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A) by winning the election of 1840 B) through a "corrupt bargain" with Henry Clay C) after William Henry Harrison died in office D) by winning the election of 1836
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A) the role of Mao Zedong in Chinese communism B) the extent of China's economic development in recent decades C) the relationship between China's economic boom and communism D) the influence of capitalism on communism
France during the Third Republic was a(n)
A) divided country racked by political crises. B) unified nation focused on economic growth. C) prosperous society with a stable government. D) imperial power expanding overseas. E) backwater dominated by the Catholic Church.
This map of the neighborhood around Chicago's Hull House reflects that __________
A) Hull House was in a predominately white American neighborhood B) this neighborhood was an ethnic enclave with a wide diversity of immigrants C) African Americans from the South were migrating to Chicago in large numbers D) the structures in this neighborhood were exclusively factories or stores