Which of the following best summarizes the historical period known as the reconstruction era? a. the period between the presidency of andrew jackson and the beginning of the civil war which included several disputes over the issue of slavery b. the period following the industrial revolution which included heightened reform movements c. the period following the end of the civil war and leading into the wave of industrialization for the united states d. the period between the presidencies of the 'founding fathers' and the presidency of abraham lincoln

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion