The Specie Circular Required

question 2

Multiple Choice

The Specie Circular required

• A) Americans to use greenbacks instead of silver.
• B) the federal government to issue equal amounts of soft and hard money.
• C) the American dollar to be backed by gold.
• D) that only specie be used to purchase public lands.
• E) the government to back its paper money with an equal value of public lands.

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