The Great Depression ended in 1940–1941 because
A) Roosevelt was finally able to pass his New Deal legislation.
B) military preparations increased government spending and virtually ended unemployment.
C) Britain was sending huge sums to the United States to pay for naval ships.
D) Democrats regained control of the White House and the Senate.
Answer: B
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Why did the executions of “socially harmful elements” increase during the 1930s?
a) Stalin issued ever higher execution quotas and local secret police competed to kill even more victims. b) Stalin wanted to limit the increases, but did not have enough control over regional rivalries to do so. Consider This: The Great Purge of 1936–1939 ultimately killed about one million Communist Party members. See 12.2.1: Stalin Takes Control. c) Local aristocrats took over the secret police in many areas and punished peasants who had spoken against them during the Civil War. Consider This: The Great Purge of 1936–1939 ultimately killed about one million Communist Party members. See 12.2.1: Stalin Takes Control. d) The executions increased largely due to roving bands of ex-soldiers, not because of the local authorities. Consider This: The Great Purge of 1936–1939 ultimately killed about one million Communist Party members. See 12.2.1: Stalin Takes Control.
The idea of an ethnic group exercising control over a territory through domination and mass participation in government is known as the ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
What is a component of the Baroque style of art?
a. Somber colors b. Rich ornamentation c. A lack of emotion d. Purely secular subjects e. Calvinist sentiments
The 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction proposed
(A) A plan for Radical Reconstruction (B) The Ten-Percent Plan (C) The Fifty-Percent Plan (D) Andrew Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction