1. Why did Germany and Japan place the blame on other countries for their economic downturns during the Great Depression?

Because the countries were already in debt, and they were relying to heavily on Japan and germany's reparations.

Explanation:

Deteriorating economic conditions in Germany helped the Nazi party grow from being a relatively small fringe group to being the nation’s largest political party.

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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