Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Questions

Use the information below to answer the following questions.
Fact 22.2.1
China was the largest economy for centuries because everyone had the same type of economy-subsistence-and so the country with the most people would be economically biggest. Then the Industrial Revolution sent the West on a more prosperous path. Now the world is returning to a common economy, this time technology- and information-based, so once again population triumphs.
-Consider Fact 22.2.1. In 1890, the United States surpassed China to become the world's largest economy because

A) the benefits of the Industrial Revolution were greater in the United States than in China.
B) the United states was a strong, united country following the Civil War and reconstruction.
C) the U.S. population growth rate was much lower than China's population growth rate.
D) the U.S. population exceeded China's population.
E) China began to import a significant portion of life-sustaining goods and services.