According to Article 2 <span>The </span>President <span>shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the U.S., and of the Militia of the many States, when called into the actual Aid of the U.S.</span>
C. worn out
cliche basically means overused
To prevent the spread of communism.
Actually the real answer is the second and first world war pouring money into the us economy for output. If that is not an option it would be the invention of the steam engine and the 1800's locomotive industry.