The Panic of 1819

question 53

Multiple Choice

The Panic of 1819:

• A) resulted partly from an upsurge in European demand for American farm products that the United States was unprepared to meet.
• B) led to impossibly high prices for western lands.
• C) enhanced trust in banks because they did such a good job of weathering the economic storm.
• D) prompted some states to suspend debt collections,which helped debtors but hurt creditors.
• E) inspired John Marshall's decision against the banking power in Gibbons v.Ogden.

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