In the U.S. banking system of the 1830s and 1840s,
a. the federal government issued paper money and controlled interest rates.
b. paper money was eliminated and specie was the only currency in circulation.
c. only gold and silver circulated as money.
d. Democrats in Congress passed laws increasing the amount of paper money and expanding credit for speculators.
e. state-chartered and state-owned banks controlled the amount of money in circulation
e
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By the time that the United States decided to enter World War I,
A) the Germans had overrun France and were preparing to invade Britain. B) the British and French had essentially defeated the Germans. C) fighting in western Europe had become a bloody stalemate. D) the Italians had defeated the Russians.
The idea that human history was the story of intellectual progress was espoused by
a. New Scientists. b. deists. c. moderns. d. freemasons. e. the Royal Society.
Which of the following would have required that Kansas and Nebraska be admitted into the Union as free states?
A) Missouri Compromise B) Compromise of 1850 C) Dred Scott case D) Kansas-Nebraska Act
At the nationally televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954, it was revealed that
What will be an ideal response?