Which of the following was an unintended result of the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?
A) Democrats were confined to the North.
B) Democrats became the majority party.
C) It contracted the currency.
D) The rate of inflation rose.
E) Farm prices rose sharply.
Answer: C
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All of the following statements were true of the Monroe Doctrine EXCEPT
A) By issuing this doctrine, the United States was making a strong statement that it was its business to protect all of the independent nations of Americas from European influence and control. B) The Monroe Doctrine had no impact on Britain's long-standing control of Canada, Russia's dominance of Alaska, and those colonies that Spain still claimed in Latin America. C) Europe was amazed and disturbed by the arrogance of the new and relatively weak United States, and doubted America could enforce the new policy. D) The United States would allow select new European colonies in the Americas on a case-by-case basis.
Map 27.3 shows that by 1942, Japan controlled the __________ in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific
A) movements for national independence B) underground communist parties C) colonies of the Western countries D) secret religious organizations
Which of these was not an attempt by the U.S. government to limit criticism of its participation in the war?
A) ?The Espionage Act B) The Leverage Act C) ?The Sedition Act D) ?The Alien Act
Unlike slaves on Carolina plantations, those in the Chesapeake
A. had less contact with whites. B. enjoyed greater autonomy because of the "task system." C. lived on smaller plantations with fewer slaves. D. were mostly African-born.