Due to the Berlin Conference, the current political and geographical map exist. The Berlin Conference was basically the race for territories in Africa. The significance was the map of Africa had been re-created. <span />
D.) The cost of all goods and services increases rapidly
In ancient Greece only male adults, members of the aristocracy had full political, economic and social rights and were allowed to participate in the decision-making process through direct democracy. On the other hand, women, laborers, merchants, children, slaves and foreigners had minimum rights are were not allow to participate in the political process due to their lack of capacity to be independent from someone's protection.
Today, ancient Greek democracy wouldn't be considered a democracy in the terms we understand it. There was a deep social division that didn't allow a large amount of the population to decide about their own fate and to be renegade it as second class citizens.
The most important criteria regarding citizenship lies first of all in the rights and responsibilities of US citizens which are established in the Constitution. Which are there to guarantee people's participation as well as their protection and representation. ("3 different United States, Hooven & Allison vs Evatt).
The correct answer is the tricky phrases of the Constitution
It was only in 1787 that the United States Constitution was ready with strong Enlightenment characteristics.
Which guaranteed the right to private property (the main interest of the bourgeoisie), maintained slavery, opted for the federal republic system and defended the individual rights and guarantees of the citizen.
The American Constitution represented a compromise between the republican tendency, which defends political autonomy for the states, and the federalist one, which defends a strong central power.