In 1861, President Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus for the purpose of
A) gaining support for passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.
B) making it easier to arrest and hold suspected Confederate agents.
C) widening the pool of men who could be drafted for military service.
D) providing better financing for the war effort.
E) forcing more men into military service for the Union.
B
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A) It made Catholicism the official religion of France. B) It granted freedom of worship and civil rights to French Protestants. C) It ended the Thirty Years War in the Holy Roman Empire. D) It made Catholicism the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire.
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A) Tax increases will lessen inflation. B) Tax increases bring unemployment. C) Tax reductions shrink consumption. D) Tax reductions will spur economic growth in the long run.
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A. promise to increase existing tariffs B. vehement opposition to immigration restriction C. support of strict immigration restriction D. commitment to the free coinage of silver