Free trade agreements (FTAs) refer to economic treaties between two or more countries that set an amount of taxes for exporting or importing certain products that benefits both nations. FTAs support cultural diffusion, option c, and a good example is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which has promoted the cultural diffusion between Mexico, the United States and Canada.
Free trade agreements (FTAs) led most directly to "<span>c. cultural diffusion" since this allowed many more products from other countries to enter and leave the United States.</span>
I'm literally learning this now in APUSH. In 1914 which is the era of the gilded age people were dependent on railroads and oil. Thanks to help from Carnegie (and the other 4 men) (around 1914) and steel, the US economy rose back from its divided chaos.
