The correct answer is D. The government does all or at least helps with all of these things. This way the economy can function smoothly.
Christopher Colombus was most obviously the first explorer to route the straits off the tip of South America as the way to the east
I just answered this one. It's D, The Reconstruction Acts.
They believed that it was unlawful to force children to attend public schooling when their parents might not want it, and saw it as an infringement of rights. Furthermore, many children were home schooled at the time, though this trend was declining, so public school wasn't seen as so much of a necessity.