In responding to the great depression, how were the united states under franklin d. roosevelt and japan similar?
a. both countries implemented keynesian economic policies to combat unemployment.
b. both countries adopted more democratic policies to encourage economic growth.
c. both countries established command economies with strict government control over all industries.
d. both countries cut government spending in an effort to reduce national debt.

The best answer is A. Keynesian economics refers to the practice of pumping  money into a country's economy. In Keynesian economics that money is usually acquired from taxpayers, loans, bonds, and additional currency printing. The theory is that spending money on things like infrastructure projects (building roads, power plants, dams, etc.) creates jobs, which helps get money circulating in the economy again, which eventually pulls a country out of economic stagnation.