<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be that the </span>transition from the First to the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States came about with a shift towards large-scale factory production as opposed to smaller scale industrial projects.
This indeed is true. When the United States of America accused China of human rights violations this without any doubt negatively affected the way how these two mighty nations conversed with each others and how the diplomatic relationships continued.
The reasons for the fall of the empire include military overreach, invasion by emboldened tribes of Huns and Visigoths from northern and Central Europe, inflation, corruption and political incompetence
