The Great Depression Was Caused by Which of the Following

question 91

Multiple Choice

The Great Depression was caused by which of the following factors?

• A) a land speculation bubble in California
• B) an unequal distribution of wealth
• C) an agricultural recession in the 1910s
• D) stagnating sales in coal and steel after 1926
• E) increased government regulation of banking and the stock market

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