1. according to smith, when individuals invest their capital in industry, they are generally trying to a. ask the government to control commerce. b. nurture trade with foreign countries. c. gain the greatest possible profit. d. promote the public good of their country.

The correct answer is C) To gain the greatest possible profit.

Adam Smith is well known for his economic philosophies written in his book Wealth of Nations. This influential book about capitalism and laissez faire economics helped to develop America's modern economic system.

In his book Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith advocates no government intervention in the economy. Instead, he argues that competition between businesses will result in the best possible outcome for society. Along with this, Smith argues that when individuals act selfishly, they will help society as a whole. This is because acting in your own best interest will result in lower prices or hiring more workers. These types of effects have a positive impact on the society as a whole.

According to Smith the correct answer is C. gain the greatest possible profit.

Adam Smith says when an individual invests their capital in domestic industry he is searching for the greatest value this capital can return for him, but by doing it the society will also benefit.

A. ask the government to control commerce this option is wrong as he thinks the market must be free and open, thus the government responsibilities should be limited to matters related to education, defence or infrastructure.

B. nurture trade with foreign is wrong because he arguments for local investment and even to lay tax on foreign products for internal economic grown and to encourage domestic economy.

D. promote the public good of their country, this option is not correct because the promotion of the public good is done by daily choices not by investing capital in industry.

codfish influenced the yankee trade because they traded it with the americans and the americans traded livestock, molasses and stuff that they can make clothes out of (like wool, and leather). they also could make weapons to.

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.