Andrew Jackson's Specie Circular sought to?:
a) pay off the government debts.
b) replace the Bank of the United States with an independent treasury.
c) end the financial panic of 1837.
d) establish the free coinage of silver.
e) slow down speculation in public land.
Answer: e) slow down speculation in public land.
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