I think it is D: Excise taxes
Answer:
To silence critics of the war effort
Explanation:
The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited individuals from interferring with American military operations, including recruitment. It also prohibited an American Citizens from supporting enemy countries during World War I.
Several people, including German immigrants, labor leaders, socialists, and communists, were targeted and affected by the act.
The Sedition Act of 1918 expanded the powers of the Espionage Act, making it illegal to express a negative opinion about the American war effort.
This Act was repealed in 1920, after the war ended, while the Espionage Act is still in place.
The Confederate States of America
Answer:B
Explanation: The legislative branch does not appoint judges.
The South faced much more hardship economically during the war (because their agricultural economy based on slave labor made mobilization of resources more difficult while the North's economic and industrial capacity soared during the war as it continued its rapid industrialization). In the South, the biggest problems were lack of labor, poverty and poor relief, especially in times of acute food shortages. Also, their money had no base and was ultimately worthless, making buying and selling goods extremely difficult. They couldn't get aid from foreign nations due to their lack of capital and resources to spare (and when cotton and other cash crop fields were destroyed and lost money, it was a nail in the coffin). The North, on the other hand, had a solid economy with money well-backed by gold and silver. Their industrialization also meant that the main problem faced, which they could recover from and work through, was labor shortages (from all men going to fight).