The Great Depression severely affected Central Europe. The unemployment rate in Germany , Austria and Poland rose to 20% while output fell by 40%. By November 1949 every European country had increased tariffs or introduced quotas. Under the Dawes plan the German economy boomed in the 1920s paying reparations and increasing domestic production. Europe received almost US$8 billion in American credit between 1924 and 1930 in addition to previous war time loans. Although it originated in the United States the Great Depression caused drastic declines in output severe unemployment and acute deflation in almost every county of the world.
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Smith wrote A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to inform others about what it was like growing up in a small neighborhood in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. In one chapter, she recalls "with a peculiar tenderness" how Brooklynites celebrated Thanksgiving (Smith 1). Smith's use of cultural terminology, such as "ragamuffin" or "slamming gates," helps the reader better understand the language used by children in the Williamsburg neighborhood at that point in history. Her detailed description of the children's selection of costumes reveals the popular culture of the time and tensions between the poor and rich of the town (1). Smith dwells not only on the cultural details of early Brooklyn, but she also describes emotional experiences of growing up poor. Although the children in Francie's classroom are hungry, they are "too proud to accept charitable food. . . . ," even when that food is about to be thrown away (3). For these children, dignity is more important than satisfying hunger pangs. Smith's careful attention to cultural, historical, and emotional details informs the reader of what it was like to grow up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the early 1900s.
Choice A is the correct answer.
The 's' and apostrophe after the word singer lets the reader know that something is belonging to the group of singers. The apostrophe will always go after the 's' if we are talking about a group of individuals.
When the choral group began, the singers' voices carried throughout the auditorium.
The answer to this question is b
