Which of the Following Contributed to the Severity of the Great

question 671

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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