What was the Greenback movement?
A. a goal to decrease commodity prices through currency deflation
B. a goal to increase silver coinage and inflate the value of gold
C. a goal to adopt paper currency as the sole standard of monetary wealth
D. a goal to increase inflation through increased monetary supply
Answer: D
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Protestant advocacy of women and women's rights was based on the language of __________.
A. home and family B. the Biblical role of Mary C. Women's contributions to religious thought D. original sin
Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of immigrants to Virginia during the tobacco boom of the 1620s?
A. Most came as indentured servants. B. Their life expectancy was very low. C. Nearly all were recruited from peasant villages where they had lived all their lives. D. They were mostly young, single males.
The Supreme Court declared the Granger laws unconstitutional because
a. the railroads were semipublic and therefore exempt from state regulation. b. regulation was an executive, rather than a congressional, responsibility. c. only Congress could regulate interstate commerce. d. Congress could not regulate intrastate commerce. e. the laws did not allow the railroads a fair opportunity to challenge them.
The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 were also known as __________
a) the Klan Acts b) the Intolerable Acts c) the Freedmen’s Acts d) the Franchise Acts