In the 20's the U.S. was trying "to be the world's banker, food producer, and manufacturer, but to buy as little as possible from the world in return." This attempt to have a constant favorable trade balance wouldn't succeed for long. The U.S. maintained high trade barriers to protect American business, but the U.S. wouldn't buy from our European counterparts, so there's no way for them to buy from the Americans, or pay interest on U.S. loans. The weakness of the international economy certainly contributed to the Great Depression. Europe was reliant upon U.S. loans to buy U.S. goods, and the U.S. needed Europe to buy these goods to prosper. By the year 1929, 10% of American gross national product went into exports. When the foreign countries became no longer able to buy U.S. goods, U.S. exports fell 30% overnight. That $1.5 billion of foreign sales lost between 1929 to 1933 was fully one-eighth of all lost American sales in the early years of the depression.
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Colonel Lanser, the character in John Steinbeck’s novel The Moon is Down.
Explanation:
Colonel Lanser is one of the main characters of the dystopic novel The Moon is Down published in 1942 by John Steinbeck, which narrates the story of a military occupation in a small town in northern Europe. Lanser is a veteran and the military invader with the highest rank. He tries to maintain order, civility and politeness during the invasion, by framing it as an engineering job. Despite his apprehensions with the cruelties of war and invasion, he is bound by his military duty.
Lionel Messi is the most famous south american soccer player.
Slaves were very important in ancient Egypt as a big part of the labor force, but they were also used for ... It is believed that these slaves were treated almost as well as the higher ranking Egyptians.
