Why did the Ming Dynasty fund the Star Fleet? Select one:
a. The Silk Road had just closed, and a new trade route was needed.
b. The Star Fleet was able to give jobs to many Chinese peasants so they wouldn't rebel.
c. The emperor wanted to gain control over bordering kingdoms and have them pay tribute.
d. The Ming Dynasty wanted to impress its enemies with a show of military strength at ses.

c. The emperor wanted to gain control over bordering kingdoms and have them pay tribute.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

explanation:

a and b!

dfroos means which is a and b