The Panic of 1873
A. saw Republicans call on Grant to go off the gold standard.
B. saw President Grant favor putting more paper currency into circulation.
C. began after the Southern crop-lien system collapsed.
D. was the nation's worst economic depression to that time.
E. began after revelations of corruption in the Grant administration.
Answer: D
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