<span>The biggest problem with the OPA during WWII was controlling prices. Prices were soaring and keeping them down was the biggest problem they faced.</span>
The borders got smaller for a lot of countries at the end of the Great War but the reason for Austria Hungry was because they were the ones to start the war and so as a consequence the victors of the war divided up the Austro Hungarian Empire thus reducing borders.
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Most white Southerners reacted to defeat and emancipation with dismay. Many families had suffered the loss of loved ones and the destruction of property. Some thought of leaving the South altogether, or retreated into nostalgia for the Old South and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy and they were not very happy.