The German economy was especially vulnerable since it was built upon foreign capital, mostly loans from America and was very dependent on foreign trade. When those loans suddenly came due and when the world market for German exports dried up, the well oiled German industrial machine quickly ground to a halt.
Many tribes also took legal action to prevent strip mining or spraying of pesticides on Indian lands. The best known of all Indian Power<span> groups was the </span>American<span> Indian</span>Movement<span> (AIM), formed by a group of Chippewas in Minneapolis in 1966 to protest alleged police brutality.</span>