The South (Confederacy's) economy was dependent on being able to trade and sell their cotton for money (as their most produced crops are cotton & tobacco.) Also, the South's infrastructure & factories were not built up, and they did not have the economic nor the population superiority as of the North. This led to not only the blockade, but the South's inability to deal with the blockade in a large scale. While the South tried to get smugglers and blockade runners to help them trade, they were not able to bring cotton out in a large scale, and it soon led to the destruction of the South's economy.
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became a worldwide power with an extended empire.
Explanation:
The United States gained possessions and influence in Asia and the Americas during the Spanish-American War and in doing so, they <u>became a worldwide power with an extended empire.</u>
This war was a turning point for the history of America because it not only gave them the territory and political advantage, but it made them a world power and they began to be more involved in world affairs.
To reduce competition and increase efficiency
Explanation:
Empires inspire the creation of wars due to their ability to unite a group of people and form nationalistic tendencies. Countries who turn into empires will at some point find it crucial to advance their ideals and demonstrate their power over other nations, which can cause distention and thus lead to further strife and tension as they overstep boundaries that were established between other empires who do not agree with their philosophy or way of life. The alliances did contribute to the start of the first war, because the rest of the world felt threatened by the formation of an even greater powerhouse of countries which were already working to build up a greatly powerful military system that could overpower their own militaries by themselves alone.
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<em><u>Tyre, Sidon, Byblos</u></em> were the the main cities of Phoenicia