Why did the Confederation Congress start printing paper currency after the American Revolution?

A) to placate merchants
B) to pay soldiers in the Continental Army on a regular basis
C) to make up for the shortage of silver and gold
D) to encourage exports


C

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The black sociologist who argued in his book The Declining Significance of Race that the problems of the black poor had not been greatly affected by civil rights laws was:

A) William Julius Wilson. B) Thomas Sowell. C) Clarence Thomas. D) Mary Frances Berry.

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Both Jesse Owens and Joe Louis were the sons of __________ from Alabama

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The World Trade Center was attacked by agents of

a. Taliban. b. Al Qaeda. c. Saddam Hussein. d. Saudi Arabia. e. none of these choices.

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How did the Convention that replaced the Assembly treat Louis XVI?

A) tried and executed him B) restored him as absolute monarch C) exiled him to Austria D) made him a constitutional monarch E) allowed him to be a delegate

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