Which of the following was a difficulty faced by the ottoman empire in the 1700s and 1800s?           a. lack of trained artisans   b. financial independence   c. refusal to trade with other nations   d. rebelling ethnic groups

for the united states of america, 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. it was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist united states and its allies politically opposed the soviet union and other communist countries; the cold war had begun.

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