The main reason why this was the case is because if people didn't trust the government, then people would think it was a waste of tax payer money to have the government involved in something as expensive as Reconstruction.
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The US paid certain “contributions”, not taxes, (but you might call those contributions coming from US taxes anyway) to the Barbary States, a string of North African ports, such as Oran, Algiers, Tripoli, Tunis, mainly dominated by pirates, aka Barbary corsaires, that were nominally subdued to Ottoman Empire.
Explanation:
If I'm not mistaken the correct answer should either be A. or B. I'm leaning more towards A.
A), B), D), and E)............... Hope it helps, Have a nice day:)
