Author Question: As a result of America's insistence that its Allies' war debts be repaid in full, the a. French ... (Read 71 times)

wrbasek0 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

As a result of America's insistence that its Allies' war debts be repaid in full, the

a. French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany.
b. German government decided to deflate its currency substantially making savings and investments by Germans economically unfeasible.
c. Allies borrowed money from Switzerland to repay the loans.
d. Allies imposed enormously high new taxes on their citizens.
e. Allies demanded that the United States lower its tariffs.

Question 2

Richard Nixon's legislation guaranteeing that Social Security raises would be indexed to guarantee against inflation

a. enabled the Republican party to gain ownership of the Social Security issue over the Democrats.
b. was economically supported by an increase in Social Security taxes.
c. actually contributed to increased inflation in the 1970s.
d. was an exception to Nixon's general hostility to Social Security.
e. was rejected by Congress as too expensive for the U.S. government to afford.