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Digital History: Paying the National Debt [Pdf]

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Read about Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, as he tried to find a way to pay off the national debt. See how his ideas were opposed by James Madison, and why the issue was not just economic, but political. [pdf]

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alexander hamilton, james madison
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face value of bonds, market value of bonds, national debt, speculators, states' debts, war debts, digital history, economic problems in the new united states, economic problems
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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