The development of RAILROADS was one of the most important phenomena of the industrial revolution. With their formation, construction and operation, they brought profound social, economic and political change to a country only 50 years old.Over the next 50 years,America would come to see magnificent bridges and other structures on which trains would run, awesome depots, ruthless rail magnets and the majesty of rail locomotives crossing the country.
Although mercantilism in general did good things for trade within European powers, it also led to conflict since it spawned so much competition. For instance many nations did not take well to having tariffs placed on their goods and would therefore go to war.
The Marshall Plan can be seen as a Cold War tactic because the United States federal government tried to prevent the spread of communism through this law. During the Cold War, the US government adopted a policy of containment. This idea focused around preventing the spread of communism to countries all over the world.
During the Cultural Revolution, Mao closed down all schools and appealed to the youth to help spread his communist ideas. There were confrontations between Mao’s Red Guards and local police, thus threatening another civil war. The Red Guards started oppressing the intellectuals, who were believed to hold anti-communist views. After Mao, Deng Xiaoping came to power and started focusing on agriculture. He put an end to farmer co-ops. Farmers began cultivating land privately, and agricultural profits increased. Job opportunities increased and people started migrating from rural areas to cities. Deng appealed to the youth to go abroad for higher education. He encouraged foreign countries to do business in China. As a result, China’s economy started growing rapidly.
C. The three-branch system established a strong central government without giving too much power to any one group.
The colonists were used to a strong central government, like England's, but they were afraid of tyranny, like with England. Once they had independence, they created a strong government because it was their custom, but they instituted a system of checks and balances (with three branches) to prevent any one person or group of people from gaining too much power.
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