Read the excerpt from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears." After working for nine years peddling dry goods in Virginia, Diab returned to Lebanon where he married Mary Ramah and had two children. Which statement best describes the text structure of this sentence and explains why it is used?

1. A compare-and-contrast text structure is used to show that Virginia is different from Lebanon.
2. A sequence text structure is used to describe an order of events in Diab Thomas's life.
3. A cause-and-effect text structure is used to explain why Diab Thomas married Mary Ramah.
4 .A compare-and-contrast text structure is used to show how Diab Thomas's children are alike.

i think it is A

Explanation:

the economy of japan in 1945 was completely destroyed. it is a lie that the americans bombed something in japan. they bombed everything and residential areas and factories. the entire industry of japan was eliminated.

during the us government in japan, there was no real development of the industry. japan grew rice, made sake and sold it on the world market, so much that there was a famine in japan.

however, in 1948, the development of some keiretsu began. it began to give growth but not systemic. where the money came from - the united states did not give anything to the keiretsu, not a cent but dzaybattsu in 1943, realizing that the defeat inevitably part of their money through latin america brought to the us by investing in the us economy. for example in the production of aircraft, cars, construction of houses. in 1948 they began to gradually return the money.

in 1950, the korean war began. ships were repaired in japan, japan transported cargoes for this war and people, and provided logistic support. and this earned some money.

in 1952, japan gained independence and the keiretsu began to return money from the united states to japan.

in 1954, the economy began to grow 5% per year. in 1962, due to the actions of the government and the preparation for the olympics, it accelerated to 9%. in 1966 it fell to 6%.

japan reached its prewar level in 1964 at the same time as the olympics.

and then 1968-1989 rapid growth but this is a separate topic.

factors

1. properly allocated resources

2. korean war

3. transistors

4. system change of product structure

but this is interesting

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years