Which of the Following Did the Union Congress Accomplish During

question 88

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did the Union Congress accomplish during the Civil War?

• A) a comprehensive ban on foreign immigration, especially from Ireland and other countries that tended to fight for the Confederacy
• B) a law that required western settlers to move back East to support the war effort by working in factories
• C) the approval of the transcontinental railroad and the raising of tariff rates to encourage economic development
• D) a major decrease in income taxes to cut down on the widespread poverty of wartime and bolster individual families
• E) a refusal to support general "agriculture and mechanic arts" in favor of focusing strictly on revamping the cotton industry in the North

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Definitions:

Unconformity

A boundary where two different layers of rock meet, signifying a time when erosion occurred or new layers were not formed.

Original Horizontality

The principle that most sediments and many volcanic units are deposited in layers that originally are more or less horizontal.

Lateral Continuity

A geological principle that states layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions; in other words, they are laterally continuous.

Original Horizontality

A principle stating that layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity.