The 27th Ammendment to the Constitution was first proposed in 1789 by the 1st Congress to the state to be ratified. It was proposed with other 10 ammendments to the Constitution but lacking the number of votes necessary, it did not pass like its others sister ammendments to become what is today known as the Bill of Rights. It took about more than 200 years until 1992, after a campaign was started by University of Texas at Austin student Joe Watson in 1982. This ammendment prohibited the increase or decrease of a congressman´s salary within a term in office. If there is to be a reduction or increment in the income perceived by a congress member, this must take effect only until the following terms office. The correct answer is D because of the immense time passage since the ammendment was proposed until it was adopted and ratified.
C. Merchants.
It is explained that they respected hard work but merchants didn’t have to do anything hard work related.
The mountain men era ended because the beaver was almost drove to extinction in that area and because of fashion. Yes, the change of fashion caused the mountain men era to end. Afterward though many of them became a guide for that area since they had lived there for while.
The repeal of Prohibition likely had a lot to do with the Great Depression. Following the Crash of 1929, people were discouraged and their spirits were low. Allowing the sale and consumption of alcohol not only gave people an escape from their problems, it provided a much-needed boost to the economy, as alcohol was an enormous industry before, after and even during Prohibition.
