Immediately after taking office, President Roosevelt responded to the banking crisis by
a. restoring the gold standard to guarantee the soundness of American currency.
b. nationalizing the ten largest banks in the United States.
c. providing major federal loans to the largest and soundest banks.
d. establishing a new Bank of the United States to guarantee deposits.
e. closing all American banks for a week, while reorganizing them on a sounder basis.
e
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Which interest group became part of the coalition that elected Ronald Reagan in 1980?
A) white southerners happy with changes created by the civil rights movement B) western whites who supported women's rights, homosexuality, and abortion rights C) white northerners unhappy about busing and affirmative action programs D) white easterners who hoped to increase government spending on different programs
The Sapa Inca claimed descent from
a. the first human. b. the sun-god. c. a jaguar. d. the wife of the moon. e. an alien from another planet.
The Union army's march to the sea through Georgia under General Sherman was notable because:
A. The Northern soldiers engaged in an orgy of rape and murder of civilians B. It ended with Sherman's army bogged down in trench warfare much like what was to come in the First World War C. The soldiers inflicted total destruction on the land and its economic resources D. The army foolishly blundered into several Confederate ambushes and suffered needlessly heavy casualties
The Americans violated their alliance with France by negotiating a peace with Great Britain without informing the French.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)