Author Question: How were Africa and Africans affected by the global depression in general and the depressed ... (Read 19 times)

mcmcdaniel · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

How were Africa and Africans affected by the global depression in general and the depressed agricultural prices in particular?

a. Since prices for tropical goods remained steady, most Africans did not have a drop in income.
b. Colonial governments increased taxes on peasant farmers to make up for other economic losses.
c. The British welfare system, enacted in Britain, was extended to its African colonies.
d. Africans were forced to plant cash crops.
e. Most African peasants resorted to subsistence farming.

Question 2

The development of direct popular control and radical democracy in Russia was advocated by

a. the Mensheviks.
b. the industrial leaders of the middle class.
c. large non-aristocratic landowners.
d. peasants.
e. Soviets.