Not very well, there was a huge economic crisis and they were unable to stop the depression.
Mostly from Europe and Asia, including, Britian, Ireland, France, Russia, China, etc etc
The world was unaware of what would happen in the future. Noah recieved a warning from God, showing him what was going to happen to the land. For thy, Noah built a large ark. By building the large ark, he would save his whole family and therefore continued to existance of humans. By this, Noah took the warning from God and becomes righteous in when listening to him.
I think the answer would be John C. Fremont
