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Question 1

Which statement about the Great Depression is FALSE?
 
  a. The stock market crash in the United States led to the withdrawal of American investments in Europe thus weakening the European banking system.
  b. Economic depressions were a new phenomenon in the European experience.
  c. During the depression women were often able to secure low-paying jobs and servants and housekeepers while many men remained unemployed.
  d. The classical liberal remedies for depressions were balanced budgets, cutting costs, and raising tariffs, all of which only worsened the crisis.
  e. Fascism and communism appealed to many because of the perceived failure of capitalism.

Question 2

The postwar diplomacy of the 1920s
 
  a. was epitomized by the active role the United States played in making sure that European policies were sensible and restrained.
  b. showed that the lessons of the Great War, especially the need for true justice in international affairs, had been thoroughly learned, as in the case of the awarding of mandates in Iraq and Syria to the United States.
  c. was superficial, as reflected by the overly optimistic response to the Locarno Treaty and other diplomatic agreements but which failed to deal with the issue of military disarmament.
  d. was unusual in that there was no important international friction during the decade.
  e. showed that the major powers were fully prepared to live up to their obligations, as shown by the measures taken by all of the major powers during the Locarno crisis.



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