Economies were influenced by how near a port the colony was and what type of crops they could grow. Also, a river habitat was ended for beaver fur trade, which was a very profitable venture. Social structures depended on how the people and colonies could connect to each other. This would require rivers or a flat terrain for roads
During WWII, George C. Marshall served as chief of staff of the US army from September 1, 1939 until November 18, 1945.
During his tenure he helped train US soldiers in modern warfare as an instructor at the Army War College in Pennsylvania.
He inherited an outdated and poorly equiped army, so he was also responsible for the modernization of the army and co-ordinated a large scale expansion of the military.
While Marshal wrote the document that would become the central strategy for Allied operations in Europe, Dwight Eisenhower would become the Supreme Commander of Operation Overlord.
They believed in the separation of the races.
The Containment Strategy was the principal strategy adopted by the US in foreign policy matters during the Cold War era.
It aimed to stop the expansion of the national enemy: communism, and in turn, of the URSS and the countries under its influence, that were denominated the Eastern Bloc. It consisted on responding to any attempt of expansion performed by the URSS, seeking to spread communism in Eastern Europe, Korea, China Africa, Vietnam, and Latin America.