What was the major goal of the political reforms enacted during the Progressive Era (1900–1920)?
A. expanding citizen participation in government
B. lowering the legal voting age
C. discouraging the formation of new political parties
D. providing public funding of campaigns

Ive been stuck on this question! which of the following statements about the economic consequences of the civil war is not accurate. a. inflation caused prices to rise by 80% in the north. b. because southern farms could not produce enough food for everyone in the south, the union navy allowed food shipments from britain. c. to pay for all of the food, supplies and armaments that were necessary for the union army, congress instituted an income tax. d. business bloomed in the north as factories and farms always had a market for the products.

1. america's first national road morse 2. joined lake erie with the hudson river cooper 3. steam-driven locomotive erie canal 4. allowed businesspeople to keep in touch with trends cumberland 5. telegraph code fulton 6. clermont telegraph

Explain what the following quote means: “if men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors? ”