John jacob astor, who seemed to exemplify the "self-made man": a. became wealthy by trading goods between the united states and china. b. began his economic ascent through the purchase of philadelphia real estate. c. used his great wealth to finance the north during the civil war. d. made huge profits from distributing the machines built by thomas rodgers. e. turned out to be a fraud, for it was discovered he counterfeit much of his fortune

paper money known as continental currency, or continentals.

the circumstances that justified roosevelt´s faith in george curry´s honesty, courage and loyalty were that he served under roosevelt´s rough riders during the spanish-american war and fought in the philippines.   in 1904 theodore roosevelt asked curry to accept an appointment as governor of isabela province (philippines); afterwards served in samar province(philippines) and upon returning to the united states he baecame governor of new mexico territory.