I believe in what USA was and is able to achieve, and trust the nation in many but every ways. What really made it a developed nation is the things that happened in the last 3 Centuries, some of which are;
#1 CULTURAL TOLERANCE & IMMERSION
#2 TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS & ADVANCEMENT IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE
#3 FAST FOOD CULTURE
#4 HOLLYWOOD
#5 INTEGRITY & PATRIOTISM
#6 MASS CONSUMERISM
Sodium is the reducing agent because a reducing agent is always the donor of electrons.
Ethanol will evaporate first because it is more volatile or has a lower boiling point than water.