Which period is known as the Great Depression?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. The economic crisis of the 1930s
- Step 1: A stock market crash in 1929 began a decade of high unemployment. Answer: The economic crisis of the 1930s. Why not the others: The housing recession that began in 2008, The economic boom that marked the 1920s and The oil price crisis that began in 1973 don't fit.
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