The belief that the fall of one country to communism would lead to the fall of its neighbors is:

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”

first representative government in british america called virginia assembly

napoleon the third became a empire in 1873 also known as the era of the franco-prussian war.