The Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1890 required that all western to be purchased was paid for in either silver or gold. The United States was trying to buy up all of the silver that was circulated so that the country could adopt the gold standard for money.
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Andrew Jackson
The correct answer is Andrew Jackson.
He ordered it to be deposited in various state banks.
No president was "cut for not cleaning boots" Washington was the only president to serve in the British army in the French and Indian war. He was an officer. Your question implies that the man was enlisted. At 13 Andrew Jackson was hit with a sword by a British solider when he was ordered to clean his boots and he refused.
He was furious, and severed all diplomatic and commercial ties with Cuba. He ordered an invasion of Cuba. President Kennedy completed the operation "Bay of Pigs" as his fist act as president. The invasion was a failure.
Theodore Roosevelt was the president when this event happened in 1904. I am not sure that he ordered a federal investigation but was one was made and the Captain was convicted of criminal negligence and sentenced to prison. Roosevelt refused to pardon him .
Abraham Lincoln ordered it.
Four Yamato-class Battleships were ordered. Two of which were completed. (Yamato & Musashi). The third (Shinano) was partially-completed, and then converted into an aircraft carrier. The fourth was cancelled and never built.
President Ronald Reagan
Wasn't that president Kennedy?
President Truman.
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