PLZ HURRY WILL MARK BRAINLIEST Examine the sequence showing the cause of the United States recession in the 1970s.

Which statement belongs in the middle of the sequence?

Borrowing money was harder due to higher costs.
Prices of goods increased in order to increase profits.
Workers lost their jobs because businesses had less need for them.
More workers were hired as businesses increased production.

The answer is "A" Borrowing money was harder due to higher costs.

Explanation:

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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