The main cause of environmental stress during World War II was the
a. scarring of battlefields by enormous armies.
b. tremendous number of refugees.
c. economic development, which increased demand for raw materials.
d. bombing of cities into ruins.
e. massive numbers of diseased corpses.
ANSWER:
c
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a. encouraged Americans to give up. b. demonstrated that local militia units were useless. c. persuaded the French to help the new American government. d. proved that the British were capable of defeating an American army anywhere, any time.
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a. encouraged foreign investment. b. abolished the fascist gangs of the previous regime. c. reduced its industrial capacity, preferring to rely instead on agricultural production, particularly wheat and beef cattle exports. d. established a multi-party democracy. e. took over the railways, banking, insurance, and the communications industries.
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