Which statement best describes a normal business cycle?
(a) a normal business cycle has constantly rising economic growth.
(b) a normal business cycle includes regular and severe depressions.
(c) a normal business cycle includes constantly declining profits.
(d) a normal business cycle has alternating expansion and recession.

The answer is: they supported fascist leaders who promised relief from economic hardships.

After World War I, both Italy and Germany experienced heavy economic burdens. Germany felt them due to the Versailles Treaty which demanded that Germany (having lost the war) paid for damages incurred during the war. Italy, even though they aligned themselves during World War I with the Allied forces, incurred in costs during the war effort that were not compensated by the Versailles Treaty, which eventually created heavy economic hardships for the Italian population. Both countries felt that resorting to a fascist regime, like that of Hitler and Mussolini, respectively, would ensure the alleviation of these economic hardships since that was the common platform on which both dictators ran for office.