Excise taxes are set in place to discourage the sale of certain items that the government feels are bad for you. An example of this is cigarettes and alcohol.
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Minimum marriage age was increased, and men were only allowed to take a second wife after receiving the permission of the court and his first wife.
Explanation:
The correct answer is answer C ("To condemn the policies of this predecessor").
In 1956, Nikita S. Khrushchev (a very important figure for the Soviet Union) gave his infamous speech at a closed congress session of the Communist Party. His purpose was to destroy the figure of Stalin by denouncing the abuse of power from the dictator (criticizing his policies of wide-spread mass terror in detail) and also condemn is ineffectiveness at defending the Union from the German Invasion.
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The purpose of the eightfold path was to live your life with attention and mindfulness.