What was the purpose of the Bland-Allison Act?
A) to increase the value of silver
B) to establish the dollar as a silver-backed currency
C) to increase the value of gold
D) to establish the dollar as a gold-backed currency
Answer: A
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a. It is dominated by communist sympathizers. b. It donates its profits to antiabortion advocates. c. It is extremely pro-labor. d. Many fear the loss of job opportunities as manufacturers relocate to poorer countries. e. It has been exposed as a "front" for the CIA.
Which issue found Richard Nixon straying farthest from one of his campaign promises?
A. reducing poverty relief B. transferring federal money to state governments C. bombing Cambodia D. school integration
Which of the following is true of the 1993 agreement signed by Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin?
a. It allowed Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip. b. It placed Jerusalem under U.N. control. c. It called for the dismantling of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. d. It settled the disagreement between Israel and the PLO concerning refugees.
__________ was a key participant in the Underground Railroad.
a. Harriet Tubman b. Frederick Douglass c. Angelina Grimké d. Harriet Beecher Stowe