The reign of alexander ii came to an end in 1881 when he
a. abdicated
b. died from natural causes
c. was assassinated
d. was overthrown by a coup d'etat

the idealization of the rural landscape ; admiration for the beauty of nature ; focus on an individual's inner concerns

the answer would be c

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.