To control creeping inflation in the early 1970s, President Richard Nixon
a. imposed a ninety-day wage and price freeze.
b. put the United States back on the gold standard.
c. sought a system of international currency stabilization.
d. lowered Social Security payments.
e. pressured the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates.
a
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Which of these is one of the three principal ways in which slavery contributed to the economic development of Great Britain?
A. Slavery encouraged the migration of poor white English people to North America. B. Slavery provided an enormous stimulus to the growth of European manufacturing. C. Slavery strengthened the military position of the British in North America. D. Slavery strengthened the social and cultural bonds between white colonists and the mother country.
As a new kind of reform community, the Henry Street settlement was essentially a community of __________
A) bohemian radicals who worked to change the political system B) college-educated women who helped to solve the problems of modern urban life C) artisans gathered in a communal factory D) machine politicians delivering essential services to immigrants' communities
The Trail of Tears refers to __________
a. the destruction of the national bank b. passage of the "tariff of abominations" c. the forced relocation of the Cherokees to Oklahoma d. the nullification controversy e. the Oregon Trail and westward expansion
Out of the struggle for power in Iran emerged a chief of Kurdish, Iranian, and Greek ancestry named
a. Mehmet. b. Akbar. c. Babur. d. Isaac. e. Ismail.