A World History of Our Own Times: From the turn of the century to the 1918 armisticeSimon and Schuster, 1949 |
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... tion . During the Civil War the United States had gone off the gold standard , and between 1860 and 1865 the number of dollars in circula- tion had doubled . Under Grant the country went back on the gold standard , with the result that ...
... tion . During the Civil War the United States had gone off the gold standard , and between 1860 and 1865 the number of dollars in circula- tion had doubled . Under Grant the country went back on the gold standard , with the result that ...
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... tion in George Washington ; in the cry " Taxation without representa- tion is tyranny . " India furnished Great Britain with a market for factory products and a vast reservoir of cheap labor and raw materials . India also gave ...
... tion in George Washington ; in the cry " Taxation without representa- tion is tyranny . " India furnished Great Britain with a market for factory products and a vast reservoir of cheap labor and raw materials . India also gave ...
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... tion . If in any question on which we have taken a stand we find all the others , or a majority of them , against us , then neither forcefulness nor threats will be of any use , as our position after all that has passed would be rather ...
... tion . If in any question on which we have taken a stand we find all the others , or a majority of them , against us , then neither forcefulness nor threats will be of any use , as our position after all that has passed would be rather ...
Contents
THE WORLD OF 1900 | 7 |
CHAPTER PAGE 1 EUROPE AND GERMANY 3 | 7 |
THE LESSER TWOTHIRDS OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE | 23 |
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