Well The world's first steam-powered passenger railroad was the Stockton & Darlington Railway, operating 25 miles of track through Darlington in the North East of England.
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Any particular time? I guess the most relevant time for this question is early half of 20th century.
I think the event was first world war and some of its consequences (in many countries the monarchy was abolished so people "experimented" with new political organisatons, in Germany the war brought huge reparations which contributed to the deterioration of their economy)
and the global economic crisis of 1920
That is a country, that's Brazil.
More likely because if he was never given attention then he doesn’t know how to foster those relationships
Andrew Jackson did not obey the Supreme Courts ruling