Europe. With their opium and ability to control the Suez canal. Opium war and such.
A violent raid of the Jews, including murder and destruction of synagogues, was committed in Germany by the Nazis in 1938. Hitler ordered this attack after Ernst vom Rath was assassinated by a Polish Jew.
The Answer is A. Democracy
Had the most productive economy in the world.
The Mississippi Delta area is not heavily forest now because it was cleared for agriculture (cotton).