The correct answer is C. By forming trade blocs
Explanation
A trade bloc is an agreement between different nation through which certain barriers such as tariffs are eliminated or reduced, which implies trade between the countries or nations that are part of the block is cheaper, this benefits the economy of the countries participating as the economy grows. Also, trade blocks imply cooperation of nations as they reduced or eliminate barrier and support each other economy as all of them have trade benefits, because of this trade block imply nations cooperate economically.
J. Henry Alston was the first African American psychologist to publish a informational/research piece in a major American journal of psychology called the APA (American Psychological Association)
USA trade intrests in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic were severely affected, and any effort to secure those intrests meant war. In addition, after the war, the world became polarised and the Soviets who were communists were aggressively expanding around the globe, which implied that American system of free trade and democracy was being threatened.
<u>Original Question:</u><u><em> Which were some of the goals of the progressive movement?</em></u>
<u>Answer: Choice (B)</u> or <u>To improve living and working conditions for workers</u>
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<em>Reason:</em>
- <em>Choice (A) is incorrect because the progressive movement actually focused on giving the government a little more power over the big business that set up a monopoly on their respective industry, to ensure that the companies had fair practices meant to create fair competition in each industry</em>
- <em>Choice (B) is correct because progressivism actually focused on improving worker's conditions by establishing labor laws that tightened controls on 'big businesses to ensure that they gave safe working conditions to their workers</em>
- <em>Choice (C) is incorrect because progressivism didn't so much focus on the economy, it more focused on dissolving monopolies</em>
- <em>Choice (D) is incorrect because progressivism was more focused on the internal side of the US, and not so much on their foreign interaction</em>
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