What did governments in developed industrial states do to lessen the chance that social conflict would erupt?
A) They invested in education, housing, sanitation, and other beneficial programs.
B) They prohibited working-class unionization.
C) They refused to give government assistance to business and industry.
D) They identified potential troublemakers and sent them to other countries.
E) They raised taxes on the rich to redistribute wealth.
Answer: A
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A) superficial because the key question was halting the inflationary spiral of the economy. B) a smokescreen created by Wall Street bankers to distract the public from their financial manipulations. C) superficial because the key question was halting the deflationary spiral of the economy. D) the key issue to understanding the floundering of the economy in these years.
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a. Scandinavia b. The Balkans c. Northern Europe d. Southern Europe e. Eastern Europe
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A. The spot at which perspective is lost. B. The blending of colors into one another. C. The convergence of lines to give the appearance of dimension. D. The embedding or hiding an image in the background of a painting. E. The extension a picture to the very edges of a canvas to convey its continuation.
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