England, Japan, Russia, France,Germany
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By first playing Italy, France and Britain against each other (they were trying to takeover Ethiopia), while this was happening, he built a large arsenal of modern weapons. When Italy advanced into Ethiopia, Menelik II declared war and successfully defeated the Italians and kept Ethiopia independent.
The event that caused the Southern states to secede was the election of Abraham Lincoln as the President of the United States. Many maintain that the primary cause of the war was the Southern states’ desire to preserve the institution of slavery.
I believe some things that the U.S. had that made it ripe for rapid industrialization was the resources. The United States had fertile land, ocean access, rich mineral resources, forests, railroads.
