Which Statement Is Most Accurate

question 179

Multiple Choice

Which statement is most accurate?

• A)Had the stock market not crashed in 1929,there would have been no business downturn in the early 1930s.
• B)Whether or not the stock market crashed,we definitely would have had a depression anyway.
• C)Had it not been for the speedy and powerful reactions of the administration of Herbert Hoover,the depression would have been much worse.
• D)It was not until the massive arms build-up leading up to our involvement in World War II that we finally began to emerge from the Great Depression.

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Definitions:

Feedback Inhibition

A regulatory mechanism where the output of a process inhibits its own production by suppressing the process's initial steps.

End Product

The final product resulting from a process, especially in biochemical pathways, where it often regulates the pathway through feedback inhibition.

Metabolic Poison

A substance that disrupts or inhibits metabolic processes, leading to cell damage or death.

Oxidation Reaction

A chemical reaction in which a substance loses electrons, often involving the addition of oxygen or the loss of hydrogen.