The National Bank Acts of 1863 and 1864 gave member banks the authority to issue ________ as currency
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
treasury notes
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Advocates of the Constitution enjoyed all of the following advantages over opponents of the Constitution during the battle over ratification EXCEPT
A) the Constitution provided taxation powers and legal assurances for those afraid of another Shays's Rebellion. B) the Constitution provided security assurances for those wanting a strong U.S. Army to protect them from Indians along the frontier. C) the Constitution provided assurances for those who worried that a strong national government would trample on the rights of sovereign states and the liberties of individual citizens. D) the Constitution provided debt collection and taxation powers for those worried about the nation's credit rating.
Those who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay area as indentured servants were __________
A) usually from the dregs of English society B) English farmers who saw a better future in the New World C) normally single, lower-class males in their teens or early twenties D) married individuals who came with their families E) generally convicted criminals who traded jail time in England for indentures
Between 1870 and 1910, the possibility of profiting from commercial farming in the Plains region became more favorable because a. railroad expansion and the construction of grain elevators made it possible to meet the increasing demand forfarm products
b. low interest rates on property-acquisition loans made it possible to acquire more productive farmland. c. federally subsidized irrigation projects cut the cost of making formerly arid land productive. d. the establishment of parity prices for basic commodities substantially increased per capita farm income.
Both African and American Indian societies tended to
A. have patrilineal families. B. restrict women from trade. C. restrict women from farming. D. have matrilineal families. E. grant women the dominant role in religion.