What was the original purpose of the ss?

to eliminate german unions
to punish communists
to intimidate the german population
to limit the rights of women

The answer is:

to intimidate the German population

The SS was an agency founded by Adolf Hitler to, at first, grant his security, eventually the SS got granted more and more responsabilities over the population, arriving to a point where they were the maximun representation of the executive branch, they incouraged patriotism and initimidated all of those who wouldn´t agree with the Fuhrer´s way of doing things.

the graph shows the spread of railways in the 1800s.

based on the graph, the conclusion that can be drawn about germany is answer d)   by 1880, germany had more rail lines than great britain and russia.

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