<span>Peter the Great's main ideas was to modernise
Russia on a par with the West. If you have a look at many of Peter's
reforms such as curbing the power of the boyars, Russia's traditional
aristocratic families, the introducing of a merit system - promotion
based on merit than birth</span>
Afraid that the other is going to attack so they build deterrents such as nuclear bombs to keep the other from attacking.
The right answer is Immediately following World War I the economy in the United States Prospered.
The United States emerged from the Second World War as the world’s pre-eminent military and economic power. While much of Europe and Asia struggled to recover from the horrific devastation of the war, the United States emerged unscathed, its economic infrastructure intact and operating at peak efficiency. In 1945, the United States produced half of the world’s manufactured goods. American capitalism not only demonstrated its economic strength after the war, but it also became a dominant force around the world as well. The decades following 1945 were an “American Age” not only because of the nation’s military power but also because of the global influence of American capitalism and consumerism.
