How did Jefferson and Albert Gallatin decrease the national debt by half?
a. let the charter for the national bank expire
b. they started apple and began the smartphone business
c. they decreased the standing army and relied on local militias
d. forced harsh taxes on high-class american citizens.
Ans: c. they decreased the standing army and relied on local militias
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