A, B, and C. Mesopotamia was in the middle of a desert, and the only reason it was farmable was because it lay between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which flooded yearly to water the ground.
Here is the correct order of the aforementioned events:
1) The Radical Republicans introduce the Wade Davis Bill- This bill was introduced to President Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
2) President Abraham Lincoln vetoes the Wade Davis Bill- This means that Lincoln refused to sign this bill into law.
3) John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abe Lincoln- Lincoln is killed at the Ford Theater on April 14, 1865.
4) The Civil War officially ends- The last Confederate troops finally surrender to the Union on June 2nd of 1865.
5) The Radical Republicans form the Joint Committee on Reconstruction- This committee was established in December of 1865.
The Federalist Papers mainly argued for ratification of the Constitution and promised that the federal government under the Constitution would not become too powerful and tyrannical--which was the concern of the Anti-Federalists.
Answer:
A: It was too expensive to purchase