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Irina-Kira [14]
3 years ago
10

During and after World War II, what happened to the government’s economic role?

History
2 answers:
Bond [772]3 years ago
7 0

a. is the answer, it decreased

kykrilka [37]3 years ago
3 0
A is the correct choice :))
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