Which Statement About the Great Depression Is FALSE

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the Great Depression is FALSE?

• A) The stock market crash in the United States led to the withdrawal of American investments in Europe thus weakening the European banking system.
• B) Economic depressions were a new phenomenon in the European experience.
• C) During the depression women were often able to secure low-paying jobs and servants and housekeepers while many men remained unemployed.
• D) The classical liberal remedies for depressions were balanced budgets, cutting costs, and raising tariffs, all of which only worsened the crisis.
• E) Fascism and communism appealed to many because of the perceived failure of capitalism.

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Definitions:

Hertz

A unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one cycle per second.

Decibels

The units of measurement for sound intensity, indicating the loudness of sounds on a logarithmic scale.

Amplitude

The maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation, measured from the position of equilibrium.

Hertz

In the International System of Units (SI), the measure of frequency that is equivalent to one cycle every second.