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show | rising prices
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2) What usually happens during an economic depression? A) Prices of goods increase. B) Fewer goods are purchased by consumers. C) The unemployment rate decreases. D) More money is borrowed to begin new businesses. | show 🗑
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3) Which group of people faced serious economic problems even before the Great Depression began? A) agricultural workers B) stock investors C) city workers D) bankers | show 🗑
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4) Which one of the following items would be the most valuable item to have during an economic depression? A) a telephone B) a car C) a mortgage D) money | show 🗑
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5) "Dust Bowl," "Hoovervilles," and "bread lines" refer to what era in American history? A) Great Depression B) Roaring 20s C) Reconstruction D) Progressive Movement | show 🗑
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show | 1929
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show | government spending on goods and services
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8) Who defeated Alfred E. Smith in the presidential election of 1928? A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Calvin Coolidge C) Warren G. Harding D) Herbert Hoover | show 🗑
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9) Who was blamed for being unable to solve the problems of the Great Depression? A) Calvin Coolidge B) Herbert Hoover C) Warren Harding D) Franklin Roosevelt | show 🗑
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10) At the beginning of the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover assured the people that the A) wages of most workers were not high enough B) leaders of the business and industry would solve the problem C) government would earn money by selling savings bonds D) business cycle would correct itself | show 🗑
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show | Many careers and businesses were ruined.
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12) What was a major effect of the Great Depression? A) President Herbert Hoover vetoed the formation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. B) Banks gave more loans to businesses. C) Many Americans lost jobs. D) The government refused to interfere with the changes in the economy. | show 🗑
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show | failure of banks
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show | to lend money to railroads, banks, and insurance companies
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15) Who were the people who joined the Bonus Army? A) factory workers who wanted a bonus from management B) business owners who wanted loans to keep their factories open C) veterans of World War I who needed a promised income from the government D) elderly people who wanted an improved retirement system | show 🗑
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These two photographs were most likely taken during what period in American history? A) Great Depression B) Reconstruction Era C) Harlem Ranaissance D) Roaring Twenties | show 🗑
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show | shacks of homeless people
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show | They were forced to leave their homes for economic reasons.
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show | overgrazing
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show | a severe drought
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21) What was a major cause of the 1930s Dust Bowl? A) deforestation of the Plains B) air and water pollution C) increased population in the Midwest D) too little rainfall | show 🗑
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show | migrant farming
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23) What novel portrayed the plight of the Okies during the dustbowl era? A) The Great Gatsby B) The Grapes of Wrath C) An American Exodus D) Native Son | show 🗑
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24) What two presidents served in office during the Great Depression? A) Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower C) Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft D) Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge | show 🗑
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25) Franklin D. Roosevelt was a member of what political party? A) Liberal B) Republican C) Democratic D) Conservative | show 🗑
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show | public expectation that Roosevelt would improve the economy
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show | stock market crash of 1929
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28) "I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people" was a famous quote of A) Calvin Coolidge B) Franklin D. Roosevelt C) Al Smith D) Herbert Hoover | show 🗑
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29) What name was given to Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to help the country recover from the economic depression? A) Fair Deal B) New Frontier C) New Deal D) Square Deal | show 🗑
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30) What name was given to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic programs created during the Depression of the 1930s? A) New Deal B) New Frontier C) Great Crusade D) Great Society | show 🗑
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31) What program of Franklin D. Roosevelt's was aimed at relief, recovery, and reform? A) Gilded Age B) New Deal C) New Frontier D) Roaring 20s | show 🗑
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show | New Deal
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show | Great Depression
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show | Franklin D. Roosevelt
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show | the United States
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show | The president took action to end the economic depression.
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37) How did the New Deal programs affect the United States government? A) State governments gained more control over business and industry. B) The federal government's control over the nation's economy increased. C) The size of the federal government was reduced. D) The federal government followed a hands-off business policy. | show 🗑
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38) Which one of the following statements about the New Deal is accurate? A) The government was not concerned about the economic well-being of its people. B) Government control over the economy increased. C) The government followed a policy of laissez-faire. D) Government control over the economy decreased. | show 🗑
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39) The New Deal period in American history is associated with the idea that A) churches and charities do the best job of helping the poor B) local governments are best equipped to take care of their own citizens C) government must take responsibility for helping those in need D) people are responsible for their own success or failure | show 🗑
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show | fireside chats
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41) What nickname was given to Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio address to the nation? A) Eleanor's Hour B) National Public Radio C) Fireside Chats D) Roosevelt Report | show 🗑
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show | Brain Trust
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43) Why was Franklin Roosevelt accused of "packing" the Supreme Court? A) He included more than white men to serve on the Supreme Court. B) He elected the judges instead of appointing them. C) He fired the existing judges and replaced them with his choice of judges. D) He increased the number of judges from 9 to 15. | show 🗑
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44) What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's purpose in "packing the courts?" A) to allow the Supreme Court to more accurately represent the citizens B) to minimize the Supreme Court's opposition to his New Deal programs C) to attempt to racially balance the Supreme Court D) to give the Supreme Court more power to make immediate decisions | show 🗑
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45) What president was represented in the cartoon? A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Woodrow Wilson C) Herbert Hoover D) Harry S. Truman | show 🗑
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show | Congress
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show | The president's court-packing plan was not approved by Congress.
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show | He was attempting to pack the Supreme Court.
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49) What president was portrayed in the cartoon? A) Woodrow Wilson B) Harry S. Truman C) Franklin D. Roosevelt D) Dwight D. Eisenhower | show 🗑
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50) Which one of the following best described the theme of the cartoon? A) The president's plan to increase his power could lead to a future dictatorship. B) The president had become a risk to the United States' policy of neutrality. C) The nation could be invaded by foreign nations because of the weakened executive branch. D) The citizens of the United States were demanding a return to an English monarchy system. | show 🗑
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51) Which aspect of American life and business was not reformed by the New Deal programs? A) size of the Supreme Court B) banking problems C) stock market risks D) farming overproduction | show 🗑
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show | public works programs
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53) What were the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) primarily designed to accomplish? A) economic recovery B) improve conditions for elderly citizens C) trust busting D) increase the government's economic responsibilities | show 🗑
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In the cartoon, what problem was Franklin Roosevelt attempting to remedy? A) business monopolies B) Progressivism C) Great Depression D) World War I | show 🗑
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show | Emergency Relief Appropriations Act
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56) Which was a program of the New Deal designed to employ the jobless? A) Tennessee Valley Authority B) Works Progress Administration C) Packing the Supreme Court D) Civilian Conservation Corps | show 🗑
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show | to create new jobs
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58) What segment of the population did the Wagner Act benefit? A) agricultural B) elderly C) small businessmen D) labor unions | show 🗑
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59) The Wagner Act was also called the A) Congress of Industrial Organizations B) Agricultural Adjustment Act C) National Labor Relations Act D) Emergency Relief Appropriations Act | show 🗑
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show | Wagner Act
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show | take part in collective bargaining
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show | meetings of union officers and workers with business owners to settle on contracts and wages
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63) What method was used by workers to have labor unions recognized during the Great Depression? A) boycotts B) blacklists C) sit-down strikes D) yellow dog contract | show 🗑
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64) What was a result of the sit-down strikes of the 1930s? A) The Wagner Act was declared unconstitutional. B) Automobile and steel companies were forced to recognize labor unions. C) Child labor was eliminated. D) The government took control of several major industries. | show 🗑
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65) In the 1930s, the rapid growth of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was most closely related to the A) growth of the automobile and steel industries B) immigration of large numbers of skilled workers C) personal contact between employers and employees D) creation of the Department of Labor | show 🗑
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show | shortly after the United States adopted the Constitution
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7) Which title best expresses the main idea of the reading passage? A) " Labor and the Supreme Court" B) " Labor Leaders" C) " Unskilled Workers" D) " Growth of Labor Unions" | show 🗑
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show | Civil War
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show | It succeeded in unionizing workers in many mass production industries.
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show | deficit spending
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show | to provide jobs and get money into circulation
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72) Which one of the following did Franklin D. Roosevelt attempt in order to help the economy recover? A) cut government borrowing B) increase the amount of money in circulation C) decrease the number of people working for the government D) decrease the United States' dependence on foreign markets | show 🗑
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73) What was the purpose of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "bank holiday?" A) to stop the banks from failing B) to start New Deal programs C) for the government to audit each bank D) to relieve stress on bank tellers | show 🗑
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74) In the 1930s, what was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for economic recovery in the United States? A) to declare the formation of labor unions illegal B) to increase government control over business C) to seize all exports leaving the United States D) to forbid the private ownership of business | show 🗑
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show | They felt there was too much government intervention in the economy.
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76) What was the intent of New Deal programs such as Social Security, unemployment insurance, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation? A) efforts to reform the United States economy B) temporary measures to solve immediate economic problems C) efforts to create jobs D) benefits to big business | show 🗑
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77) The creation of the FDIC, Social Security, and unemployment insurance during the New Deal indicates that A) Franklin D. Roosevelt believed change should take place as slowly as possible B) capitalism had failed as an economic system C) the federal government took additional responsibility for the economic welfare of the individual D) laissez-faire was the basis for Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic policies | show 🗑
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78) What was the purpose of New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and Public Works Administration? A) to provide employment and income B) to reduce the role of the government in the economy C) to limit the power of big business D) to provide a retirement plan for the elderly | show 🗑
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show | help the economy recover from the depression
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show | The National Industrial Recovery Act allowed trade associations to write codes regulating prices and production.
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show | to improve the economic life of an entire region
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82) What was one reason that Congress established the Tennessee Valley Authority? A) to limit the use of rivers for transportation B) to increase the power of the Republican Party in the South C) to conserve the region's natural resources D) to gain government control over private power companies | show 🗑
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show | Tennessee Valley Authority
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show | Truth-in-Securities Act
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85) What New Deal organization gave loans to railroads and banks in order to keep them in business? A) Reconstruction Finance Corporation B) National Recovery Administration C) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation D) Works Progress Administration | show 🗑
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show | retirement plan
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show | Social Security System
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show | Social Security Act
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89) Why was the Social Security System established? A) to raise tax money to pay for government expenses B) to provide a source of income for retired workers C) to provide jobs for workers during the Great Depression D) to acquire funding for education programs | show 🗑
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90) In what year was the Social Security legislation passed? A) 1935 B) 1941 C) 1963 D) 1929 | show 🗑
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show | the Social Security System
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show | Franklin Roosevelt's Agricultural Adjustment Act
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93) What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933? A) to resettle farmers who lost their farms as a result of the Dust Bowl B) to improve farm efficiency C) to raise the standard of living for tenant farmers D) to reduce crop production | show 🗑
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94) Which New Deal program was explicitly intended to help sharecroppers and tenant farmers? A) Wagner Act B) National Recovery Act C) National Labor Relations Board D) Agricultural Adjustment Act | show 🗑
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95) Who protested that Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal did not do enough to assist the average person? A) John L. Lewis B) Frances Perkins C) Huey Long D) Harold Ickes | show 🗑
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96) Who opposed the New Deal and instead suggested a plan to tax the rich? A) Frances Perkins B) Herbert Hoover C) Franklin Roosevelt D) Huey Long | show 🗑
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97) What government action resulted in the economic recession of 1937? A) cuts in spending B) elimination of Social Security taxes C) use of deficit spending D) reduction of interest rates | show 🗑
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show | Carmen Carter
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99) According to the passage, what problems were reported in the news during 1929? A) pollution problems B) spreading diseases C) failing businesses D) threats of war | show 🗑
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100) Why would this family be considered lucky compared to other families at that time? A) They raised their own food. B) They had no debts. C) They sold many turkeys. D) They sold cut wood. | show 🗑
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101) According to the passage, why was the depression over for the Carters? A) Carmen increasingly wrote and sold more of her poetry to the Grit. B) Orlo was hired on a job that earned him $15 a week. C) Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president. D) Turkey sales increased. | show 🗑
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102) What made movies popular during the Great Depression? A) Children often had to work during the day so movies replaced schools as a form of education. B) Many jobless people had nothing better to do. C) People used movies to escape the stresses of the Great Depression. D) Theaters gave out free tickets and popcorn. | show 🗑
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show | nickelodeons
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show | Depression 30s
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show | the depression of the United States economy
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show | a decline in world trade
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show | It led to a depression in Europe.
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show | to repay their World War I debts
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show | Latin America
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show | Franklin D. Roosevelt
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show | Good Neighbor Policy
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112) What did the United States do as a result of Franklin Roosevelt's policy toward Latin America? A) revoked the Platt Amendment B) refused to defend the Panama Canal C) sent troops to the Dominican Republic D) refused to go to the Pan-American Conference | show 🗑
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113) The European economic chaos caused by the Great Depression of the 1930s led to the rise to power of A) Adolf Hitler B) Vladimir Lenin C) Calvin Coolidge D) Winston Churchill | show 🗑
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show | It helped to increase their power.
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show | Japanese aggression in China
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116) Franklin Roosevelt's "Quarantine the Aggressors" speech was a reaction to what nation's actions? A) Britain B) France C) Japan D) Russia | show 🗑
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