The lack of ability to raise taxes to operate the national government, and the requirement for a unaimous vote of the state's to pass legislation. The federal government had no way to force the states to obtain the funds it needed to operate. State only sent funds it needed to operate.
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B.The Tammany Hall bosses tried to bribe him and threatened his life.
Thomas Nast rose to fame in the late 1860s when his satirical comics led directly to the arrest of Boss Tweed, for the corrupted “Tweed Ring” he ran in New York City bribing city officials, rigging elections, and corrupting the judiciary.
Tweed attempted to bribe Nast offering him up to $500,000 to study art in Europe. Failing to bribe Nast, Tweed threatened to have the Board of Elections boycott Harper’s books, where Nast worked, but the magazine´s board chose to support the cartoonist depicting Tweed as a thief.
Agriculture, timber, and commercial fishing became three of the state's most important industries. ... Agriculture and amber became very important to the state, while commercial fishing became less important.