Number one answer is D. to force blacks into slave-like conditions. I dont know the other ones
The answer I would have chosen would have been that Paris was in chaos. Someone had to do something. The second and 4th answers are nonsense. He was a skillful politician. He took advantage of circumstances. I think however you are intended to pick A.
First One (A) <<<<==== answer.
He is better known as one of the greatest inventors of the United States of America. His invention change the economy of an entire nation. He brought the rise of cotton industry as an engine of economic growth in the Southern States. He began to practice a concept which was ahead of his time. The idea which would change the manufacturing sector of the United States and the world. He is best remembered as an inventor rather than a tycoon. He was Eli Whitney, the man who invented the cotton gin and thought of the idea of interchangeable parts.\
hope this helps.
It looks as if he is replying back to them about a situation that got him confined during "constructive": work as he talk about himself and his work while asking or waiting for an answer back .