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The Beginning of the Great Depression

Question 9 • MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026

In the timeline of the causes of the Great Depression, which event came last?

Answer
A
the overproduction of goods
B
speculation in the stock market
C
the overvaluing of stocks
D
the stock market crash

Explanation

Overproduction and stock overvaluation helped create economic imbalances, while speculation drove stock prices higher. The stock market crash came afterward, in 1929, and marked the final event in this sequence. So the event that came last was the stock market crash.

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