<h2>The relative absence of enterprises engaged in manufacturing and finance prior to the Civil War in the Southern states is MOST LIKELY <em>due to the dependence on cotton farming in the South.</em> The invention of Whitney's cotton gin increased the South's dependency on cotton farming, and wealth flowed into the hands of the elite.</h2>
Answer:
I think its B or C! sorry im not much help :(
Explanation:
Russia was a "world" apart from western Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, mostly because they were so sheltered from the technological, economic, religious, and cultural advancements of the area. There answer is therefore would be A. "Most Russians of all classes
<span> were Orthodox Christians, not Catholics or Protestants.</span>"