The cotton gin allowed for the mass production of goods.
A recession refers to the moment when there is a slow economic activity and people are not buying things and they are losing their jobs or they highly indebted. During this periods of time, the government usually tries to weather the recession by offering more job opportunities, decreasing taxes and spending more money in public funding. Thus, the right choice is option D. pass a law stating that Californians no longer have to pay federal income taxes.
Surfman is the term used to describe a member of the United States lifesaving forces, namely one from the coastguard.