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I believe it it is c but I could be wrong hope it helps :)
There was slow infrastructure developments.
It would be ideals primarily from the Enlightenment Period in Europe that the United States derives much of its character, since this was a time in which people started to question the divine right of kings, and started to emphasize personal freedoms and liberty.
The short answer is that the Soviet Union is very rich in natural resources as well as their ideologies are polar opposite.