Answer:
The Spanish were motivated by a desire for gold
Explanation:
The gold was used by the Spanish monarchy to pay off its debts and also to fund its 'religious' wars. Therefore, gold started to trickle out to other European countries who benefited from the Spanish wealth
Answer:
B) the establishment of the League of Nations
Explanation:
The League of Nations was an international body created by the Treaty of Versailles, in 1919 after the end of the First World War. It was dissolved in 1946. Although President Woodrow Wilson was hoping to participate in peace, there was a refusal to enter by the Americans, which led to the disengagement of European political affairs, harmful to world stability.
The correct answer is:
The decision by Congress in 1873 to stop buying and minting silver.
The Coinage Act of 1873, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant, was a general reform of the laws associated with the Mint of the United States.
The act was later criticized by advocates of bimetallism as the "Crime of '73" because it ended bimetallism in the United States, by setting the nation on the gold standard.
