In 1893, the Cleveland administration's repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act caused the value of currency to contract. The correct option among all the options given in the question is option "A". The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was passed on 14th of July in the year 1890. It was actually a United states Federal Law and it did not allow the free and unlimited coinage of the metal silver. However it increased the amount of silver in the hands of the government. Under this Act the government bought millions of pounds of silver at market rate and issued paper currency.
Answer:
A. Knowing that the attack might reach us in all too short a time, we
immediately began greatly to increase our industrial strength and
our capacity to meet the demands of modern warfare.
Explanation:
The attack is coming quickly so the logical thing to do is to prepare. The other examples are motivational or pathological statements while the first one (A) uses a clear and methodical string of thought to find a solution for the coming attack.
(If a picture type thing helps you: attack coming soon---what do we do?---begin to prepare for the attack immediately.)
Answer:
The answer is
Explanation:
A la recherche du temps Perdue by Marcel Proust