In april 1865, general lee's army of northern virginia escaped from the cities of petersburg and [blank[. lee wanted to reinforce his army at [blank]. union forces followed lee for an 88-mile stretch along the [blank] river in virginia. at first, the confederates successfully fought off a [blank[ led by general sheridan. however, the union infantry quickly arrived to intercept them again. on april 9, lee's army was surrounded on all sides by union troops. seeing that escape was no longer possible, lee decided to surrender.

During the industrial revolution, many governmentsadopted an economic system called capitalism. in thissystem, governments allowed businesses to operate asfreely as possible, capitalism led to economic growth inmany countries and a small number of peoplebecome very wealthy. however the system could be harshfor poor workers, who often worked long hours in unsafeconditions just to make enough money to eat. as a result, some workers turned against capitalism and demandedthat their governments take more control over theireconomies. which statement best describes the passages main idea? a. capitalism was beneficial for some people during the industrialrevolution, but others opposed the system. b. capitalism was mostly a cause of problems during the industrialrevolution, which led to its eventual collapse. c. capitalism became the favored economic system for manycountries during the industrial revolution. d. capitalism was to countries during the industrialrevolution, but became a problem after the revolution ended. edit: correct answer is a