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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Definitions:

Animism

The belief that nature is enlivened or energized by distinct personalized spirit beings separable from bodies.

Free-Ranging Spirits

Beliefs or practices in some cultures that involve spirits or entities which move freely in the world, unconfined to specific locations, objects, or rituals.

Patriarchic Religion

A religious system or society in which men hold the primary power and predominate in roles of leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property.

Wicca

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