Discuss the economic and social challenges of the Great Depression in one Latin American country.

The question requires that candidates offer a considered and balanced review of the economic and social challenges of the Great Depression in one country of Latin America. Challenges may extend beyond the timeframe but they must be clearly linked to the issue raised in the question. Candidates may offer equal coverage of economic and social challenges, or they may prioritize their discussion of one of them. However, both aspects will be a feature of the response. Candidates may refer to economic challenges such as the loss of external markets and foreign investments; the fall of international prices of commodities; inflation and/or new restrictions to international credit. Candidates may refer to social challenges such as the impact of internal migration and urbanization, and/or social tensions among the urban working classes because of rising unemployment.

The question required candidates to offer a considered and balanced review of the economic and social challenges of the Great Depression in one country of Latin America. The issue demonstrated some popularity and was often centered on Brazil. Candidates tended to demonstrate good knowledge as to economic challenges, but less so as to social challenges. Quite a few applied too much focus on the effectiveness of response to the challenges, rather than the challenges themselves.