It is A: Nirvana, freedom from suffering.
The answer I beileve would be all of the above as progressives helped economics, social welfare, politically, and helped with the overuse of alcohol.
China was influenced by foreigners politically, socially, and economically during the Ming Dynasty. Missionaries come into China bringing both Christianity and technology. China struggled foreigners influence by kicking out the Mongols. Also, China began to detach itself and limited the foreigners’ trading posts.
The Panama Canal is so important to the US for trade. It greatly decreased the amount of time it took to travel between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, thus causing an increase in commerce.
Semi-direct democracy is a type of democracy that combines the mechanisms of direct democracy and representative government. In semi-direct democracy, representatives administer daily governance, but citizens keep the sovereignty, being able to control their governments and laws through different forms of popular action: binding referendum, popular initiative, revocation of mandate, and public consultations. The first two forms—referendums and initiatives—are examples of direct legislation.