The answer is B. But i don’t know how to explain it
Their economy was supported by agriculture. most were artisans, merchants, or craftspersons.
You have to explain your question a bit deeper
In 1904<span>, Roosevelt made him Secretary of War, and he became Roosevelt's hand-picked successor. Despite his personal ambition to become chief justice, </span>Taft<span> declined repeated offers of</span>appointment<span> to the Supreme Court of the United States, believing his political work to be more important.</span>