Some of the newly industrialized countries are Hong Kong (China), South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Singapore!
By approval, I think you mean by the delegates from each state had approved it. The problem was that the states themselves had to approve it. That seemed like a cumbersome process, but you have to remember that democracy works on the will of the people and each state had to ratify it keeping in mind that there were still problems: it was not a slam dunk.
People tried to escape the realities of the Great Depression by attending the movie theater and listening to the radio.
Do you happen to have the graph? Without the graph I can't really help you much. If not, just see if any of the numbers or elements fluctuate and if they do then the body is not at homeostasis