THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D).THE ASSUMPTION BILL WAS PART OFHAMILTON’...

84. The correct answer is (D).The Assumption Bill was part ofHamilton’s plan to put the new nation on a strong financial basis.Madison was the primary adversary of assuming all state debtsrelated to the war and of repaying the war bonds at full valuebecause speculators had bought them at deep discounts from theoriginal bondholders, so choice (E) is illogical. Choices (B) and (C)are not true, and Congress declined to consider Hamilton’s tariffplan, choice (A).