One of the main reasons why so few court cases were won against monopolies and trusts during the gilded age is because many of those in charge of bringing the cases to trial were corrupt themselves--being in business with the monopolies in question.
D) He was the leader in drafting and promoting the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Fairly sure the answer is: It allowed people to buy and sell goods in a wider market.
Think about it: without coins, people had to barter with mostly short-term goods, but coins held value over time and most people would accept it as payment. However, if you had to use, say, carrots, the guy you're trying to buy lettuce from may not need/want carrots, but he can use those coins to buy what he DOES need.
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An important modern legal principal found in Hammurabi's Code was that a criminal's punishment is based off his crime.