The correct answer in this case would be militarism (b). The reason why this is the correct answer because a nation's tendency to expand its armed forces and acquire new and better weapons is also exactly that - militarism.
Other answers here wouldn't be correct because they have different meanings. The only thing that would come close is imperialism which has some similarities but is used in different contexts.
A:centralized power:) lmk if that was right
<u> B) waiting for the economy to come out of the Depression </u>
Soon after the American President Herber Hoover took office in 1929, the U.S. stock market crashed and the Great Depression started in the U.S., affecting severely its economy and American families.
<u>Hoover was harshly criticized for not recognizing the severity of the situation and for not undertaking enough measures to address the crisis.</u> As a conservative politician, he believed that too much federal intervention was a threat to capitalism and individualism and instead, he promoted the idea that it was states and people themselves who had to provide relief to struggling people.
Thomas Jefferson was Hamilton's rival.
The answer is D, the United States. The United States during the late 19th century had vast expansion of its industrial plant and output.
