Science allows us:
a. to think our way through our personal beliefs
b. to increase our chances of getting at the truth.
c. be rigidly accurate in observations and merciless to fallacy in logic.
d. use critical thinking to justify our beliefs.
e. all of the above

The correct answer is letter E.

Explanation:  Science is knowledge that explains phenomena by obeying laws that have been verified by experimental methods.

Aristotle defines science as "knowledge of causes by causes. It is demonstrative knowledge."

Science is made up of three components: observation, experimentation and the laws. It aims at the union between theoretical knowledge, practice and technique. It does not use assumptions, but the proof after the application of the scientific method.

industry had made the u.s. the richest nation in the world at this time. the second industrial revolution caused growth in industry and transportation, which allowed increased trade between nations.