I believe it was Florence Nightingale......................
Let us take any other country say India for example to understand this scenario.Say $1= Rs 60 ,then if India imports stuffs from USA,India will pay less,Rs 60 for $1. Say later on its $1=Rs 70,India will have to pay more money for the same import as Rs 60 is not enough now to be equal to dollar,India will have to pay Rs 10 more,so India will reduce imports from USA and will try to import from some country where the same product is cheaper,say China where China gives huge subsidy up to 50% on each product being exported.
During the war, world powers needed a way to protect their trade. These countries began to have colonies around the world where their ships can refuel, military bases for keeping stock and resources that help them resupply at anytime during the war.
The war made former industrialist countries to move toward imperialism. Establishing colonies around the world to help their growth and sourcing for resources easily.
The answer is B) it continued to grow
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Peasantry.
Russia had a small upper class and a HUGE peasant/poor class
