The correct answer is:
a. Cotton Mills
During the Reconstruction Era, Cotton became a protagonist in the industrial growth of the Southern States. Southern capitalists sank Money into cotton rather than factories or land. More precisely, they invested in slaves; the average slave owner held almost two-thirds of his wealth in slaves in 1860, much less than he held in land.
I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option A. The event that have been an example of why the framers of the Constitution included the phrase "insure domestic tranquility" would be Shay's rebellion. <span> "Insure domestic tranquility"</span> <span> refers to the need to keep the peace and the assurance that people can conduct their lives and business without fear of social disorder, rebellions and riots.</span>