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Two survivors search for food in a Berlin garbage dump in 1945, after Germany’s surrender at the end of World War II.

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND alliance: nations or groups that agree to cooperate to achieve a particular goal. devaluation: as used here, deliberate reduction in the value of a nation’s money. fascist: relating to rule by a dictatorship, often promoting national or racial purity. ideological: concerned with ideas. obliterated: destroyed completely. tariffs: duties, or fees, levied by a government on imported or exported goods. watershed: as used here, like a milestone; highly influential.

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EDUCATION, POVERTY, AND INEQUALITY