The protectionist Smoot-Hawley Act, adopted by the United States in 1930 in response to the Great Depression, contributed to the severity of the depression by __________
A) allowing home industries to fail
B) provoking retaliation and reducing world trade
C) lowering consumer prices below profitable levels
D) easily allowing foreign competitors access to U.S. markets
Answer: B
Political Science
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a. Neoliberal b. Liberal c. Marxist d. dependency theory
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The person in the campaign who is closest to the candidate and who makes the essential day-to-day decisions is the __________
a. campaign manager b. field director c. communications director d. communications manager
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