What dose ism mean in capitalism

Which is the best description of a scorched earth policy? the burning of fields in preparation for planting the destruction of an opponent’s resources the mobilization of a nation’s resources in war the effort to switch from farming to manufacturing

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo, sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

What affected the second industrial revolution have on transportation