Which of the Following Contributed to the Severity of the Great

question 191

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed to the severity of the Great Depression?

• A) The substantial budget surpluses run during the Hoover administration.
• B) A sharp increase in tariff rates in 1930.
• C) The large reduction in tax rates under the Hoover administration.
• D) A highly expansionary monetary policy followed by the Fed in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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