Congressional currency, known as the continental, was backed by ______.
a. gold reserves in Philadelphia
b. bank deposits in New York
c. the promise of the government to pay its debts
d. tax receipts collected from the states
c. the promise of the government to pay its debts
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Prediction in science is
A) seldom accurate. B) making a "good guess." C) the overriding goal of science. D) rarely attempted.
A sample cannot be randomly drawn if it is comprised of
A) animals. B) human participants. C) volunteer participants. D) people from a subpopulation.
Reconstruction and the federal military occupation of the South ended in __________
a. 1868 b. 1877 c. 1900 d. 1921
A system through which citizens communicate with their elected officials through phone calls, emails, or personal visits would best be described as ______.
a. census taking b. indirect communication c. constituent polling d. direct communication