Which of the following describes the group dubbed the "Whiskey Ring" during the Grant administration?
A. his inner circle of advisors, so named because of Grant's famous fondness for whiskey.
B. a group of revenue officials, all political appointees, who conspired with distillers to evade taxes on a massive scale.
C. a group who planned to invade the neighboring territories to the west and set up a new country, so named because they shipped weapons hidden in whiskey barrels.
D. a group of treasonous Union soldiers who were convicted and hung as a result of their use of alcohol smuggling to support the Confederacy.
Answer: B
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