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not 100% sure but I think its the first one, the west benefited from increased travel an tourism.  

Explanation:

before the rail road it was very hard to get to the west,( extreme weather, raiding natives, scarce food etc.) but still many people wanted to see the west. the rail road provided a solution to most of the problems with traveling. and people jumped on (get it) the opportunity.  

for the 2 countries u can do china and america because america has a democratic government while china has a communist government.

a democracy is a government run by the people either by directly voting or indirectly by electing representatives. an oligarchy is a government run by a few or a small group of people. a democracy and oligarchy are similar because both in an oligarchy and an indirect democracy, a small group of induvial determine the laws for a large group of people they are different because in an oligarchy it is easier to control and they do not have to answer to a large number of people in the country, unlike a democracy where they do have to answer to a large number of people an county that is a democracy would be the united states. a country that is an oligarchy would be the china.

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