<span>The correct answer is B. Americans were making more money than before. What happened was that the economy of the entire world was ravaged because there was no production due to the destroyed factories. The US used this to produce and export more than ever which led to a large accumulation of wealth and people became super rich.</span>
Europeans didn't use maritime routes before the age of exploration because they thought that Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe together with the fact that they didn't have the required transportation and navigation skills to travel.
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<span>Answer: House of Representative Member</span>
<span>Efficient agricultural practices made the workforce available for other endeavors. </span>
