<span>In 1832, President Andrew Jackson refused to re-charter the Bank of the United States, opting instead to deposit government funds in select state or “pet' banks. The state banks, facing little regulation, freely loaned paper money to virtually anyone who asked for it. A flurry of land speculation and inflation followed. To curtail these alarming trends, Jackson issued the Species Circular on July 11, 1836. The executive order meant that federal land could no longer be bought with paper money, but only with gold or silver. In Jackson's view, this “hard' money was the only currency that could be trusted.</span>
Egypt is famous for storytelling because the first epic story ever recorded in human history is Gilgamesh and it originated/was found in Egypt.
For that reason the answe to your question would be B - the first epic story, Gilgamesh, is from Egpyt.
Gilgamesh talks about a Sumerian king and his story together with the deed he did while rulling.
Ethnicity is like your culture. Language, race, and religion all play into your background and culture. However, politics are something that govern the country you live in -- they're not necessarily connected to your background. Therefore, politics would be the correct answer.
...Charged very high prices to move farm products to market
The farmers felt the railroads had monopoly power over them. The farmers essentially had no choice but to send their crops to market on trains. There was not much, if any, competition on most short-line tracks that went through farm areas. Therefore, most farmers had to simply accept whatever price railroads charged to transport crops. Farmers felt the railroads could gouge them by charging high prices and that they, the farmers, had no recourse when this happened. They blamed much of their trouble on this monopoly power.
