Match the following. 1. a sharp or sudden rise in prices resulting from too great expansion in paper money or bank credit. inflation 2. to make void. spoils system 3. the act or practice of buying or selling when there is a large risk with the hopes of making a profit from future price changes speculation 4. the system or practice in which public offices were awarded to supporters of the winning party. squatter 5. a person who settles on land without title or right. nullify 6. prior to the passage of the national bank act of 1863-64, a bank operation with insufficient capital to redeem its circulating notes wildcat bank

“[the city’s engineers excelled in areas] neglected by the greeks, such as the construction of roads and aqueducts, and of sewers that could wash the filth of the city into the tiber. they have built paved roads throughout the country, leveling ridges and filling up hollows, so as to make possible the movements of heavily loaded wagons. . and such is the quantity of water brought in by the aqueducts, that veritable rivers flow through the city and its sewers: almost every house has cisterns, waterpipes, and copious fountains.” —strabo, as quoted in empires ascendant: time frame 400 b.c.–a.d. 200 cisterns are tanks that hold water until it is needed; if a house has a cistern, it is likely to also have a. aqueducts. c. a swimming pool. b. a fish pond. d. sinks and faucets.

What was feudalism? (define the structure)

How did the us change it’s economy to provide supplies for the war effort?