Global Economic Crisis Practice Test

A historian argues that the Great Depression’s social impact included long-term unemployment, declining birthrates in some regions, and heightened labor unrest; however, the author emphasizes that fear of revolution also pushed some conservative elites to accept broader state welfare measures to preserve social stability. Which response best reflects the dynamic described in the excerpt?

A historian writing on the Great Depression in Europe claims that the crisis weakened faith in liberal capitalism and encouraged experiments with alternative economic models. The excerpt references both democratic states expanding planning and dictatorships using state direction of production, though for different political ends. Which example best fits the excerpt’s point about “experiments with alternatives” during the 1930s?