The "money question" of the 1870s was the question concerning
A) how to balance the federal budget without raising taxes.
B) whether or not to issue more paper money.
C) whether paper money should be green or yellow.
D) whether or not Jim Fisk should go to jail for attempting to corner the gold market.
E) how to spend the growing federal surplus.
B
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A. a victory over the Hungarians B. treaties with the Franks C. an alliance with the Byzantine Empire D. an agreement with the pope
U.S. military leadership was mediocre at best during the Mexican War
A) True B) False
In 1864, the Confederacy __________
A) won official recognition from Britain B) was on the brink of victory C) faced almost certain defeat D) split into two countries
Militarily, the use of ____ was a major contribution to the British defeat of the Zulu
a. germ warfare b. poisoned food c. the machine gun d. cavalry e. deforestation