A. He passed a statewide prohibition law stating it was illegal to make or sell alcohol. Neal S. Dow was the mayor of the city of Portland in Maine and was also a general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a highly controversial character who once ordered for a troop to fire on a crowd, where he killed one person, and then was tried for this. He then became a leader of the Temperance Movement, following his political career. The temperance movement is a movement against the consumption of alcohol, something he stood for the whole of his life.
B because the trail of tears required the Indians to settle other places
To force a bill out of committee, a DISCHARGE petition must be signed by a majority of the representative.
Discharge petition means that a bill it brought out from the committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee and without the cooperation of the leadership. It usually is associated with the U.S. House of Representatives. A discharge petition in modern times requires the signature of an absolute majority of House members (218 members).
They didn't want to be bias because we started having good relations with them