For most freedmen in the South after the Civil War ended life was unfortunately not much different than it had been before (at least economically) since many of these men were denied social and economic rights, and were tied to the land of farm owners.
A. The president makes the economic decisions in a command economy.
A command economy is an economy where government officials, headed by the president, make most of the decisions.
The government owns some or all of the industries producing goods and services. They decide on what goods to produce and its corresponding prices, as well as, how to distribute the goods.
Under this economy, mass unemployment is avoided, abuse of monopoly power is prevented, and produced goods will benefit society and enable everyone to have access to their basic necessities.
The correct answer is Sophocles. He wrote Oedipus Rex and is considered by many to be the greatest writer of tragedies ever, having written not only Oedipus Rex, but also Antigone.