The authors contend that the real cause of the Panic of 1857 was
A. severe winter storms and spring flooding.
B. the collapse of the international wheat market.
C. unsound bank loans at high interest rates.
D. the Dred Scott case.
E. the Crimean War.
Ans: D. the Dred Scott case.
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