I think the answer would be the Compromise of 1850 that led to sectional tensions and the formation of a new political party. It was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired.
They had power over the church
They rioted , had strikes , & stood up for themselves.
The nations had different systems of government and different economic systems. The USSR hated the U.S and it's capitalism, hoping to one day crush it but with the fall of the USSR in 1991, It was a monumental victory for capitalism over communism and socialism.
hieroglyphics and papyrus helped grow the the civilization in Egypt because it was one of the first forms of a language and could easy be made to make a hieroglyph you needed a surface and paint. on the other hand papyrus made it possible to make writing that could be delivered by one man or stored in a place not written on a wall. it was the early form of paper. much easier to carry imagine trying to deliver a giant rock with writing just not gonna happen.