Japan was able to recover so fast due to the Korean War. There was a huge surge of United Nation and United States troops that provided money and jobs. Japan was able to serve as a repair hub as well as a logistics base during that time.
Francis Wilkinson Pickens was a political Democrat and Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the U.S.A.
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Roads, canals, and railways were three major components of transportation improved during the first industrial revolution. People used the roads as the basic way to transport the goods from one place to another. Transporting goods by canal lowered the risks of smashed products during route.