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123654777 · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

Which one of the following was not a goal of the Navigation Acts?
a. Protect and encourage English and colonial shipping.
b. Ensure that major colonial imports from Europe were shipped from British ports.
c. Ensure that the bulk of desired colonial products were shipped to England.
d. Prevent West Indian planters from increasing their control over the U.S. colonial trade.

Question 2

One important issue in the post-bellum currency debate concerned the coinage of silver by the federal government. Which of the following statements presents accurate information regarding the silver debate?
a. Silver circulated widely as money in the years immediately prior to the Coinage Act of 1873.
b. The Bland-Allison Act allowed for the Treasury to make limited monthly silver purchases at the market price.
c. Post-Civil War there was a fall in the output of American silver mines.
d. Congress passed the Coinage Act in 1873 despite widespread public opposition to this legislation at the time.

blfontai · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 30, 2018

Answer to Question 1

d. Prevent West Indian planters from increasing their control over the U.S. colonial trade.

Answer to Question 2

b. The Bland-Allison Act allowed for the Treasury to make limited monthly silver purchases at the market price.