Question

1. for questions 1 - 6, read each passage and then choose the best answer to the accompanying questions. answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage(s). passage the us dollar has been in use since before the united states was a sovereign nation. originally, the continental congress issued continentals in 1775, paper money in various denominations of dollars. skyrocketing inflation just a few years later led to the collapse of this currency, but in 1792 congress established the united states mint to create coinage. both gold and silver dollars and fractions of dollars were minted. paper money was based on a gold standard, meaning that a bill was worth a specific amount of gold. this gold standard was temporarily dropped during americas participation in world war i, and permanently dropped during the great depression. question as used in the first sentence,sovereign most nearly means

Explanation:

In the context of the passage discussing the history of the US dollar before the US became a certain - type of nation, "sovereign" means independent. A sovereign nation is one that is self - governing and independent.

Answer:

B. Independent