Why did support for free silver coinage grow rapidly from 1894 to 1896?
a. because it was supported by the world’s best-known economists
b. because it was backed by both parties
c. because it was backed by the nation’s leading bankers
d. because the American people wanted quick solutions to the economic crisis
d. because the American people wanted quick solutions to the economic crisis
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Some historians believe that the Americans did not annex all of Mexico because the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo already gave them what they wanted most, __________
a. U.S. citizenship for thousands of Mexicans living in the territory b. the grazing lands of the Southwest c. the fertile farming lands of New Mexico d. the harbors of California e. the deserts of Arizona
The federal regulatory board, established in 1887 by Congress to supervise the affairs of railroads, investigate complaints, and issue "cease and desist" orders against railroads acting illegally, was the
A) Federal Railroad Commission. B) Interstate Commerce Commission. C) Federal Transportation Board. D) General Services Administration.
The most forceful American intervention during the Clinton presidency took place in:
A) the Persian Gulf. B) China. C) Bosnia and Kosovo. D) Grenada.
Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because
a. they gave black women but not white women the right to vote. b. they failed to give women the right to serve on juries. c. contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on male supremacists. d. failed to define what constituted equal national citizenship. e. they gave equal rights to African American males but not to women.