Answer:
Explanation:
There were a lot of factors -- most were not what Schlieffen expected.
1. France wasn't that easy to conquer. It took longer than Schlieffen thought.
2. Belgium did not respond the way Schlieffen expected. They fought Germany.
3. Russia was more flexible that Schlieffen thought. They mobilized quicker and were much more adept at using their forces.
4. In all, Schlieffen made plans that were inflexible and did not account for the way wars are actually fought.
The answer is "D. Determined by birth, not behavior" because it was believed that if you were high born you had great manners and were very polite.
Answer:
Monopolies are bad for the economy because lack of competition allows a few to set prices, stagnate competition.
Explanation:
How did the rich take advantage:
The rich had ready capital to either buy out smaller competitors or drive them out with undercut prices until the competitor failed, then prices to consumer went back up even higher.
It happened in the early industrial revolution: Rockefeller/Standard Oil,
Carnegie and JP Morgan= Steel industry
Still going on today, especially in the tech arena.
Able to manipulate what we buy, the way we think, etc.
We need to be responsible, situationally aware consumers.
Answer:
Nuclear Arms race.
Extensive spying techniques.
Proxy Wars were fought under the influence of the two world powers.
Explanation:
Both countries have used comprehensive methods of spying against each other. It is estimated that in all of the numerous proxy wars waged between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, more than eleven million civilians were killed. The U.S. had a national intelligence agency named the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Soviets had the KGB. The Space Race emerged from the Cold War and the Internet was a direct result of that. During the Cold War there was a spike in nuclear weapons.
