The best example of a “Robber baron” using his wealth in a “Philanthropic” manner is Cornelius Vanderbilt and the $1 million endowment he gave to Vanderbilt University.
Answer: Option B
<u>Explanation:</u>
As mentioned “Robber baron” means someone who makes wealth and become rich by involving in exploitative and dubious practices and Cornelius Vanderbilt is one such person but we can also see that he donated an bulk amount of $1 million to Vanderbilt university which seems like an effort to promote human welfare and make positive impact on the society which philanthropic usually do, So we can thus conclude option B as an apt example for the above.
Answer:
The invention of the cotton gin.
Explanation:
The South being favourable to the climate depended on agriculture. Before the invention of Cotton Gin, cotton production remains limited to slaves. With the coming of Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney in 1793, it reduced the time and labour by removing seeds from the fibres. It increased the need for slaves in the plantations for cultivating cotton and picking the cotton fibres in fields. Cotton cultivation became beneficial for the cultivators. Many of the states in America began to emerge as slave states as the cotton production turn out to be profitable.
1. Gold rush and mining opportunities (silver in Nevada)
2. The opportunity to work in the cattle industry; to be a “cowboy”
3. Faster travel to the West by railroad; availability of supplies due to the railroad.
4. The opportunity to own land cheaply under the Homestead Act.
Answer:
Arkansas is a horrible place to live (i would know) can we choose a different state :'(
Explanation:
