The Sherman Silver Purchase Act
a. failed to ease discontent among silver miners.
b. led to an increase in gold reserves.
c. limited the Treasury to purchasing only a small fraction of the nation’s silver production.
d. none of these
e. was opposed by President Cleveland who called its repeal shortly after his election as president.
ANS: E
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