After independence, poverty became wide-spread in Africa due to all of the following EXCEPT 1. relied technology and financial aid from the West
2. development of massive city slums due to overwhelmed sanitation and transportation systems
3. a growing, prosperous economy and trade industry
4. loss of traditional industries in favor of those that benefited the Europeans

the answer is b: the religion they practice.

here's why:

there were many different native american tribes and those with similar characteristics formed a main tribe or nation. each had its own language, religion and customs.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

she believed that scott was her late husband's property.