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Here you are talking about the North American Plate. Indeed is the second in size and consists of continental crust and oceanic crust. The Continental Crust is made up of most of North America, Cuba, and the Bahamas, and parts of Serbia, Iceland, and Greenland.
The North American size is 75,900,000 Square kilometers. The largest plate is the Pacific Plate. Its size is 103,300,000 Square kilometers.. The third-largest plate on planet Earth is the Euroasian Plate. Its size is 67,800,000 Square kilometers.
Deregulation was a process of removing federal authority and regulations from certain industries in order to help them prosper more easily. Some industries boomed and some busted, most notable being the savings and loans industry with banks having an easier time to do their business with the people. Some industries weren't affected at all like the agricultural industry, most notably farmers.
The democrats and republicans have influenced our current political system by sharing most of the same values and views with the American people. As their party members and those who associate themselves tend to lead more toward what the party wants.
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the north and west had difficulty accessing processing chemicals in a timely manner