In ancien régime france, the estates were the: a)mansions owned by the nobility. b)duties of the noblemen at versailles. c)classes that made up french society. d)administrative and religious divisions of the french territory

C) classes that made up French society

Explanation:

The estates in the Ancien Regime of France were representing the classes in the French society, thus defining the hierarchy in it. On top of the country was the monarch and the monarch was not included into the estates. There were three estates, the First Estate was the one of the clergy, consisted of relatively small amount of people that were influential in the religious circles. The Second Estate was made out of the nobility, also a relatively small number of people that had certain local power, large land, and were rich. The Third Estate was the one of the commoners. This was the estate that had the majority of the people in the country, which were mostly peasants and ordinary workers.

A. were forced to do work they had never done before

Explanation:

Prior to the Civil War, many Southerners owned vast plantations that were tended to mainly by the men. These men oversaw work in the fields, harvest, and profits. During the Civil War, however, the men went off to war to fight, leaving their large plantations to the hands of their womenfolk and slaves.

Because of this, Southern women had to learn to take up this kind of harvest work and partake in plantation activities like they'd never done before.

Thus, the answer is A.