Question

Under the Bretton Woods system the following currencies were directly tied to gold: _________

Answer 1

Answer:

b. the US Dollar

Explanation:

The Bretton Woods Agreement was done in July 1944. It had delegates from 44 countries. The conference held in Bretton Woods, which is in New Hampshire. Hence it got the name, the Bretton Woods Agreement.

Under this system, gold was used as an exchange basis for the United States currency and the currency of other countries were pegged to the value of the dollar of the United States. The Bretton Woods System finally came to an end during the early 1970s as the President Richard M. Nixon made an announcement that their would be no more gold exchange for the US dollars.