The independent Treasury bill enacted during the Van Buren administration:
A. Was designed to help banks survive the economic crisis that began in 1837
B. Stimulated the use of paper currency
C. Required all government funds to be kept in a central treasury
D. Was a deflationary economic measure
Answer: D
You might also like to view...
Which of the following statements about slavery in Carolina is LEAST accurate?
a. Unlike in most English colonies in North America, the legal status of slaves was clearly defined before settlement in Carolina even began. b. Unlike most other English colonies in North America, Carolina tried slaves through the same court system as whites, and allowed slaves to testify against whites on their own behalf. c. By early in the eighteenth century, Carolina law assumed that all blacks were slaves unless they could provide clear evidence to the contrary. d. White citizens in Carolina were required to serve on slave patrols, which were tasked with searching slaves for weapons and ensuring that they had their master’s permission if they were away from their home plantation.
William Henry Harrison
A. was a Republican. B. died before he took office. C. was a renowned soldier and popular national figure. D. was, in 1840, the youngest man to win the presidency. E. was a simple frontiersman with little money or resources to his name.
The Grand Tour
A) refers to the travels of French philosophes through Britain to observe Britain's political and economic systems. B) avoided Italy in favor of a focus on destinations in northern Europe. C) was greatly facilitated by the ease of travel in the eighteenth century. D) generally completed the proper education of an aristocrat's sons. E) was reserved for ambitious members of the bourgeoisie.
The major economic transformation induced by the U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico was the creation of a
A) sugar monoculture. B) coffee monoculture. C) national steel industry. D) tourist industry.