A.) The most essential resource to the first industrial revolution was coal. While Iron and Steel were essential resources in the second industrial revolution. B.) In the second industrial revolution, industrial developments changed American lives, there were many new inventions and industrial development allowed for faster communication, more productivity and wealth for industrialized countries.
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Sugar plantations were the backbone ( source ) of the economy.
In 1890, the US Congress passed the ( McKinley Tariff ), which removed tariffs on all foreign sugar imports.
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The correct answer is C) the failure of direct democracy.
<em>The element that most directly led the Roman’s Republic demise and its transition to an empire was the failure of direct democracy.
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<em>During the first part of Ancient Rome (509 BC – 27 BC), the peo</em>ple were ruled by elected officials. That was some kind of democracy as we understand it today. But things began to change, people showed less interest in government issues, and the failure of direct democracy led to the formation of an Empire, where only one man was the leader. The period of the Roman Empire was 27 BC to 476 AD.
Another important element in the ending of the Roman Republic was the alliance between Julius Cesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Pompey The Great. This alliance was called the <u>First Triumvirate. </u>

<h2>Limits on Congress</h2>
pass ex post facto laws, which outlaw acts after they have already been committed. pass bills of attainder, which punish individuals outside of the court system. suspend the writ of habeas corpus, a court order requiring the federal government to charge individuals arrested for crimes.
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