There was a need for cheaper routes along the Mediterranean and the east was becoming tumultuous.
The main reason why the building of canals slowed in the 1830s and 1840s was because "Railroads started in America at this time" and the five ways in which the South was affected would be "Slaves became more important and valuable" "Land under production declined" "Southern attitudes about slavery hardened" "Cotton became the principal southern crop" and "<span>Cotton became a major U.S. export", since there was never a Caste system in the South. </span>
Social Darwinism explained the operation of society as "survival of the fittest."
People often associate the term "survival of the fittest" with Charles Darwin, but actually it was terminology that came from Herbert Spencer, the founder of what is known as Social Darwinism. (Spencer wouldn't have called it that - he and Darwin were rivals.) Darwin used the term "natural selection" in his descriptions of biological evolution. Spencer was unafraid to apply the same concepts to competition within the human species, contending that the stronger, fitter social or cultural groups will survive better than others and dominate over weaker groups.
Answer: The Walls Protecting Athens. The walls protecting Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Initially Athens' strategy, as guided by Pericles, was to avoid open battle with the more numerous, and better trained Spartan hoplites, and to instead rely on Athens' superior fleet.
Explanation: Yes.
