Early in the Jefferson presidency, the secretary of the treasury
A) reduced the army and navy budgets.
B) instituted a revenue-sharing program for the states.
C) called for the imposition of a national sales tax.
D) called for reduced spending on social programs.

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The secretary of the treasury under Jefferson's presidency, Albert Gallatin, reduced the budgets of the army and navy in an effort to decrease government spending and reduce the national debt.

Early in the Jefferson Presidency, the Secretary of the Treasury