In early 1895, when the Treasury's gold reserves reached a desperately low point,
A) President Cleveland devalued the dollar.
B) President Cleveland ordered twenty million dollars worth of silver dollars coined even though this caused significant inflation.
C) President Cleveland took the country off the gold standard.
D) a banking syndicate headed by J. P. Morgan underwrote a new bond issue and saved the government from bankruptcy.
D
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A. the election of Bill Clinton in 1992 B. the popularity of conservative notions C. the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act D. the beginning of the culture wars
Which sentences contain wordy prepositional phrases?
a. Our conference will include an award presentation, panel discussion, guest speakers, and a free lunch b. On occasion we have lunch at our place of business c. In order to increase the number of successful sales, take out advertisements in a newspaper d. In the future, we will have address these issues with due diligence in hopes of arriving at a solution
Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and other African-American ministers created which organization in 1957 to lead the fight against segregation on a permanent basis?
A) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People C) Southern Christian Leadership Conference D) Montgomery Improvement Association
Which of the following was true of the Exodusters?
A) They left the South to escape white racism. B) They settled in the Caribbean. C) They sought to change southern society from within. D) They were mostly well-off landowners.