Which statement best describes theodore roosevelt's views on "trusts" in the election of 1912? a) trusts should be banned since they are bad for business. b) trusts should be allowed to exist with no government oversight. c) trusts should be allowed to exist, but with tight government regulatory control. eliminate d) trusts should be permitted to exist only if the major of voters want them to exist.

the mongolian invasion of china and central asia resulted in a disruption of the silk road as the chinese garrisons lost support from the chinese kingdoms which fell under the mongols. however, as the mongols established a formal dynasty in china, the successors of genghis khan restored the garrisons along the silk road allowing the safe travel caravans again.

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.