What Triggered the Depression in the Mid-1870s

question 27

Multiple Choice

What triggered the depression in the mid-1870s?

• A) Railroad Strike of 1877
• B) 1876 presidential election
• C) Panic of 1873
• D) 1875 Stock Market Crash
• E) 1874 Gold Boom

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Definitions:

Cohorts

Groups of people banded together or treated as a group, often used to refer to a category of people who share a common demographic or statistical characteristic within a specified time frame, such as birth year.

Cross-Sectional Studies

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Midlife Transition

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Physical Deterioration

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