He means trading with outside the country foreign markets that will provide better goods and produce more revenue.
A ratification was a factor for sure
It would be "traditional forms of poetry" that was not characteristic of the beat movement and the beat generation, since much of this movement had to do with "doing away" with tradition in many different aspects of life.
What time period was this? women got the right to vote in 1920, when the 19th amendment was ratified, and they could hold political office in Washington state since the upper 1800's. It's arguable that they still don't have equal rights.. but that's the only answer that makes sense if this is talking about the WW time periods.
