In the early decades of the 19th Century, tariffs on imported manufactured goods would have hindered economic development in -
A- Massachusetts
B- New York
C- North Carolina
D- Pennsylvania

the answer is d. tariffs were raised by america's trading partners after the smoot-hawley tariff act, decreasing exports, and declining job rates.

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.