How did Britain respond to the Great Depression?
a) It worked to encourage production and increase exports.
b) It instituted large-scale deficit spending policies.
C) It followed orthodox economic theory and concentrated increasingly on domestic markets.
d) It increased investments in its colonies.
C) It followed orthodox economic theory and concentrated increasingly on domestic markets.
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Which combination of factors contributed to the economic downturn of the 1970s?
A) a sharp increase in defense spending alongside tax cuts B) a shrinking job market and rising energy costs fueled by strife overseas C) deficit spending by the government alongside a credit crunch due to decreasing interest rates D) an increase in high-tech jobs requiring advanced degrees and the outsourcing of low-skilled jobs E) expensive interventions in the Middle East and declining prices and wages at home
In the 19th century, postcolonial Brazil differed from other newly independent nations in South America for all of the following reasons except
a. its language and colonial heritage were different. b. it had a relatively stable monarchical government. c. it had a more diversified economic base. d. it retained the institution of slavery the longest.
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to
a. raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense. b. punish the American colonists. c. reduce the number of printed documents in America. d. enable tax collectors to become wealthy. e. raise taxes to a higher level than in Britain.
The social psychologist whose doll test was used by the NAACP to build its arguments for the desegregation of schools in the South was __________
A) Ralph Bunche B) Kenneth Clark C) J. Waties Waring D) Thurgood Marshall