Which of the Following Was NOT a Cause of the Great

question 70

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• A)Policy makers moved away from the gold standard.
• B)Corporate structures had been bloated by the success of the 1920s but were unprepared for the tightening of the economy.
• C)Andrew Mellon was overconfident in the power of market capitalism to right itself.
• D)Much of the profit that had been taken during the 1920s had been put back into companies rather than saved or invested in other ways.
• E)A decline in the public consumption of goods led to a lower rate of investment in new plants.

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