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The period from the end of World War II to the early 1970s was one of the greatest eras of economic expansion in world history. In the US, Gross Domestic Product increased from $228 billion in 1945 to just under $1.7 trillion in 1975. By 1975, the US economy represented some 35% of the entire world industrial output, and the US economy was over 3 times larger than that of Japan, the next largest economy. The expansion was interrupted in the United States by five recessions.
$200 billion in war bonds matured, and the G.I. Bill financed a well-educated work force. The middle class swelled, as did GDP and productivity. The US underwent its own golden age of economic growth. This growth was distributed fairly evenly across the economic classes, which some attribute to the strength of labor unions in this period—labor union membership peaked during the 1950s. Much of the growth came from the movement of low-income farm workers into better-paying jobs in the towns and cities—a process largely completed by 1960.
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A). had superior weapons and other military technology
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The oversea colonies were usually in isolation and western ideas and technology were not familiar to any native people, making them easy to overpower.
Nationalism spread across Europe during Napoleon's time. It was repressed for a generation under the Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe until the revolutions of 1845/1845. The term "Nationalism" can be defined as a group of people with the same nationality should unite together under a single flag. Napoleon nationalised France and then moved across the rest of Europe, conquering countries along the way. Eventually, Napolean was defeated and the Congress of Vienna was held by the heads of the European countries. The aim of these meeting was to ensure peace and stability in Europe. The revolutions of 1845/1848 overthrew the repressive European governments of the day.
There are several reasons why the two party system persists in America. They are as followed:
1) Strong history of success- All of the US Presidents in the last roughly 100 years have been part of either the Democratic or Republican Party. There has not been a third party candidate who has been able to win the presidency in over a century. So, if a person wants to be president, they have to align themselves with either the Democratic or Republican party.
2) Funding- It is extremely difficult for third parties to compete with the amount of money the Republican and Democratic parties can raise. Annually, these organizations raise hundreds of million dollars through private donations.
3) Little incentive to form another party- Since most elections are winner take all (aka only one person gets the position), there is very little incentive to form another party where the individual is bound to lose.
