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Well countries typically allied with their neighbors because they usually had close relations like for instance Britain France and Belgium where all huddled together in west Europe while Germany was close to with Austria Hungary and both had good relations with the ottoman empire. because all of these countries were close together sometimes things got heated and with all of these alliances it was easy for all of these countries to fight each other.
It was a step towards racial equality and a major point in the Civil Rights Movement. Although it took the Voting Rights Act to finally enforce it, African Americans were supposed to be citizens with the right to vote since the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
The argument that Carnegie makes about the uses to to which the great fortunes of industrialists should be devoted is that he argued that the wealthy must live modestly and make use of their fortunes for the elevation of all civilization.