Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin's efforts to reduce spending allowed him to
a. make peace with the Barbary pirates.
b. get rid of Federalists still employed in government.
c. reduce the influence of state governments.
d. free up money to invest in industrialization.
ANSWER: b
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