The north was manufacturing and had markets while the south had plantations.
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So one can check the sources for themselves and gauge the validity of those sources leading the paper into question.
The correct answer is the first option provided. US forces did not attack Japanese-held islands with no strategic importance. Since the U.S forces only attacked islands with specific strategic importance, the Americans were able to advance much quicker and as a consequence they were able to save many American lives.
The military “island-hopping” strategy was employed by the Allies in the Pacific War againsta Japan and the Axis Powers during World War II aiming to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and devote the limited Allied resources only on strategically important islands that lacked a well defense.
This is true. Local wealthy people who were merchants or warriors or similar started accumulating wealth and getting people to work for them. The empire was becoming weaker because it often couldn't control these local wealthy people. This is how the age of feudalism began since after the fall of the Roman Empire the country was divided into numerous smaller countries with feudal lords.