It makes the soil very fertile and makes it easy to use irrigation if needed.
A) an organization established by Congress to aid poor southerners
The working conditions were terrible. As factories were being built, businesses were in need of workers. With a long line of people willing to work, employers could set wages as low as they wanted because people were willing to do work as long as they got paid.
It implies the focus of the empire as a whole was moving away from the Western half. The West was poor and stretched to thin to face the germanic hordes. Rome had been sacked multiple times and just never returned to what it once was. This time of weakness for the Western half of the empire provided the opportunity for the eastern half to become prominent and the cultural and political center for the Roman people. The fact that Justinian was the last emperor to speak latin showed how a complete shift had taken place in Roman society. Suddenly Greek became the language of choice and Byzantium became the most important part of the empire. In short it illustrates the fall of the west and rise of the east.
Answer:
C, they wanted to expand their trading empire
