A nation pursuing a policy of détente would most likely ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS.
Détente means "loosening" or "relaxing." Countries which have been strongly at odds with one another, with much tension between them, make an effort to relax that tension through negotiations. That does not mean they stop spending on military programs, but they do try to pull back from the brink of possible war.
In history, the famous example of détente occurred between the USA and the USSR, beginning in the 1970s. There was an effort to ease the heated tensions of the Cold War. Rather than continuing the massive buildup of nuclear arsenals in an arms race, the United States and the Soviet Union began to talk to one another about the strategic reduction of armaments. The nations' leaders, Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon, met in Moscow in 1972 -- the first visit of a US president to Moscow. They signed agreements stemming from these Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT), which began a new direction in policy between the two superpowers.
A <span>failure to improve transportation would have affected the economic and social development of the nation in that it would have made it more costly and more cumbersome to move both people and products within a market--which would have cost companies money and therefore reduced overall US GDP. </span>
Courthouse. The Courthouse acted as the center and hub of the city. Look at the design of most towns. The Courthouse was at the center. The Courthouse often sat in the middle of the town square. This allowed for easier access to the people of the town. As towns and cites grew, the courthouse was often overlooked or moved as the traffic and population moved to another area of the town.
