Evans' interest in the island of Crete, which according to the Greek legend hosted an ancient civilization of "Minoans," was sparked by Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of legendary Troy. Like Schliemann, Evans was an amateur archaeologist, driven by his passion for mythology of the ancient world.
The correct answer is D)"Andrew Carnegie".
Andrew Carnegie was one of the richiest people in the US. He was a businessman dedicated to the steal industry in the late 19th century.
In 1889 Carnegie wrote an article called "The Gospel of Wealth" in which he stated that rich people had to use their wealth to improve society. After selling his company in 1901, he donated most of his fortune to charities and foundations.
The idea that reconstruction ended discrimination is a gross fallacy. After reconstruction ended, lynch mobs still existed, the KKK ran rampant, poll taxes, literacy test, and other restrictive measures stopped them from gaining any political clout, socially they were still viewed as inferior by many people, and economically they were unable to gain advantageous positions and become monetarily comfortable enough to gain a middle-class identity.
Answer: a. Most Southern capital was devoted to slavery and plantations.
Explanation:
The Southern states based their economy on agriculture and farmed large plantations with enslaved labor. This enabled them to export goods like cotton, tobacco, sugar cane and other cash crops. As this was their primary way of making money, they devoted their capital to it.
The North on the other hand, boasted of industry that they used to convert the goods acquired from the south into finished goods so that when the civil war broke out, they had much more industries than the south.
