Whay does it meant to "assert power"?​

According to jean-jaquees rousseau, individuals participating in a social contact agree to be ruled by

Ive been stuck on this question! which of the following statements about the economic consequences of the civil war is not accurate. a. inflation caused prices to rise by 80% in the north. b. because southern farms could not produce enough food for everyone in the south, the union navy allowed food shipments from britain. c. to pay for all of the food, supplies and armaments that were necessary for the union army, congress instituted an income tax. d. business bloomed in the north as factories and farms always had a market for the products.

An effect of the steamboat's popularity was that fewer people traveled by rail. o steam locomotives became less popular. people began to build canals in the united states and europe. o more people began to travel between the united states and europe.