The stock market crash triggered a depression because __________.
A. almost all Americans owned stocks
B. stock prices were used to set interest rates
C. businessmen and the well-to-do lost confidence in the economy
D. rising prices put most consumer goods out of reach of the middle class
Answer: C
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