Railroads had a very large positive impact on <span>western settlement in the late 1800s</span> in the US, since this made it far easier and more effective to transport both humans and goods across large bodies of land.
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, or England.
The Missouri Plan (originally the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, also known as the merit plan, or some variation) is a method for the selection of judges. It originated in Missouri in 1940 and has been adopted by several states of the United States. Similar methods are used in some other countries. The Missouri plan
Under the Plan, a non-partisan commission reviews candidates for a judicial vacancy. The commission then sends to the governor a list of candidates considered best qualified. The governor then has sixty days to select a candidate from the list. If the governor does not make a selection within sixty days, the commission makes the selection.
Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the proper answer would be "(2) The United States is ignoring the threat <span>caused by foreign aggression."</span>