The correct answer is <em>C. Upper middle class</em>.
The U.S. upper middle class is defined taking in consideration indicators such as education, income, and occupation. They are basically<em> white-collar professionals with above-average income, a graduate school degree</em>, and are characterized by adding value for their thoughts and proposals. Liberals are considered <u>upper-middle-class professionals</u> and were the base of the neoliberal economic and political programs of Bill Clinton and Barak Obama.
Social Darwinism was used to justify imperialism. The main idea behind Social Darwinism is that the strongest and fittest survive. ... The imperialists believed their culture, their way of life, their government, and their economic system were the best.
There are many possible answers for this one! Only the national government can e.g. manage foreign relations, declare war or oversee trade between states and with other countries.