Answer:
c
Explanation:
The Mandate of Heaven is a Chinese concept appeared during the Zhou dynasty which made it possible to assert the legitimacy of the power of the Emperors of China. It was based on the approval which Heaven granted to wise and virtuous leaders, approval which it ceased to grant if they had bad behavior or were corrupt.
Subsequently, the concept made it possible to understand natural manifestations as messages from Heaven. Natural disasters were thus perceived as signs testifying to the disapproval of Heaven, which legitimized the people to rebel, so that a more virtuous dynasty was then entrusted with the Mandate of Heaven.
Answer:
C. Cities were not able to control businesses.
Explanation:
The Slaughterhouse Cases was as a result of an 1869 Louisiana legislation that granted the monopoly of the slaughtering business to one corporation, which led to a court suit by other slaughterhouses that said that such legislation infringed on their privileges as American businessmen.
The case was lost by a five-to-four majority stating that states retained jurisdiction over citizens and federal rights did not extend to the property rights of the aggrieved.
The problem that this brought was that cities were not able to control businesses.
Answer:
Exclusion from office of ex-Confederate officers who had served during the Civil War.
