Taxes were cut and the national debt reduced during Jefferson's administration partly because:
a. spending was cut on the army and navy
b. the government received capital from selling Indian lands
c. the whiskey tax produced more revenue than ever before
d. interest payments to the Bank of the United States kept increasing
A
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