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The U.S. stock market crash led to a global economic depression because
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American lenders called in their international debts, which undermined banks
and
industry
abroad.
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Although
all European countries suffered during the Great Depression, the country listed
below
that experienced the least disruption to its productive capacity was
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France.
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Despite the depression and being far less developed economically than their Western
neighbors, some eastern European countries increased industrial capacity, particularly |
Romania.
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Which of the following does not accurately describe a source of social tension during the
Great Depression? |
Many people fled the cities, overwhelming the ability of rural communities to support
their own population. |
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In the 1930s, although the views of politicians varied, one concern shared by all was that
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Falling birthrates meant a serious weakening or imminent collapse of individual nations,
if not European society altogether. |
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In the Middle East, some important anticolonial and nationalist movements were successful,
including the founding of an independent Republic of Turkey, led by |
Mustafa Kemal (or Atatürk).
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Mohandas Gandhi fought against British colonial rule of India by
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Practicing civil disobedience.
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Mustafa Kemal dramatically changed Turkish society in the 1920s by
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Modernizing Turkish society by adopting elements of Western economics and culture.
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In 1929, Joseph Stalin intended to end the Soviet Union's backwardness with an ambitious
industrial expansion program called the |
Five-Year Plan.
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When Stalin called for the “liquidation of the kulaks,” he was referring to
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Prosperous peasants and anyone who opposed his plans to end independent farming.
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Stalin's use of terror tactics to assure fulfillment of the production quotas in the 1930s
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Made lying, such as the falsification of production figures, and corruption permanent
features of the Soviet Communist system. |
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Purges and hard labor and mistreatment in the Gulags killed, annually, approximately
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One million
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In the 1930s, men such as Alfred Hugenberg exemplified the
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Unprecedented power of the new media magnates over politics and public opinion.
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Who said “The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small”?
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Adolf Hitler
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When new elections were held in March 1932, prior to Hitler's appointment as chancellor,
the Nazis |
Increased their share of the vote, but again failed to win a majority of Reichstag seats.
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