Taxes enacted by the United States Congress to help finance the Civil War
A. kept the sale of public bonds low.
B. were vetoed by President Lincoln.
C. allowed the federal government to avoid incurring significant debt.
D. were strongly supported by most citizens in the Union.
E. included a new income tax.
E
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a. Cotton Mather b. George Whitefield c. John Winthrop d. Benjamin Franklin
Roger Bacon (c. 1214?1294) is remembered for his
a. estimate of the circumference of the Earth. b. castration of Abelard. c. opposition to the use of Arab medical texts in Christendom. d. realization of the potential power of the experimental method of scientific investigation. e. translation and commentary of ancient Arabic works.
Reform elements such as the recall, the referendum, and the initiative were primarily designed to give power to
A: trusts. B: political machines. C: voters. D: monopolies.
What was one of the first African kingdoms to encounter European explorers in the fifteenth century?
a. Ife b. Oyo c. Songhai d. Ghana e. Benin