The Depression hit hardest those nations that were most deeply indebted to the United States, Germany, and Great Britain. In Germany unemployment rose sharply beginning in late 1929, and by early 1932 it had reached 6 million workers, or about 25 percent of the workforce were unemployed.
I think it was to cultivate tobacco
Based on documentation,
The only 2 African countries that were able to keep their freedom from European imperialism were;
B: Ethiopia and Liberia.
Ethiopia is currently the worlds oldest independent country and Liberia was founded to support the U.S. in relation to slavery in 1821.
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