The Forum of Rome was an area surrounded by government buildings, area for elections, speeches, trials, and the buying and selling of goods. This can be compared to modern-day Capital of the United States Washington D.C. which is often referred to as the center of US government.
D. is the correct answer. The Stamp Act taxed many printed items in the Colonies, and required that most printed materials be printed on stamped paper and produced in London. Many colonists thought this was unfair as the Parliament of Great Britain was imposing a tax upon the colonies without a say from the colonies themselves. This is where the phrase "taxation without representation" derives from.
After major Union victories at the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln began preparing his plan for Reconstruction to reunify the North and South after the war’s end. Because Lincoln believed that the South had never legally seceded from the Union, his plan for Reconstruction was based on forgiveness. He thus issued the Proclamation Of Amnesty And Reconstruction in 1863 to announce his intention to reunite the once-united states. Lincoln hoped that the proclamation would rally northern support for the war and persuade weary Confederate soldiers to surrender.
