Introduction American financial sector grew and expanded into an international financial center during 1970s . At the same time, local banks, securities, exchange and insurance companies grew up. After 1990, the world has changed more rapidly than other times since the World War II ended in 1945. A brand new type of economic and social revolution was underway. The factors that are transforming the world environment and the relationship of the United States ... experienced a tremendous change which can reverse the comparative advantages. As an American philosopher said, "In order to anticipate...

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... , creating the middle class. The middle class represented almost 65% of the population of the North, until the start of the Industrial Revolution. The South's economy revolved around the plantation. Plantation owners were wealthy, but few in numbers, yet they held the majority of the land in the south. Slave labor drove the plantations of the South. The differences between the regions were small and insignificant during the colonial era ... in Congress and on the American people. During the election of 1848, political parties were divided on voting. They voted strictly along sectional li...

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