How did the consumer goods revolution contribute to the great crash of 1929?
a. Because of the availability of durable goods that did not need to be regularly replaced, production outpaced demand, which led to wide-scale layoffs.
b. Mass produced consumer goods were of such poor quality that people eventually stopped purchasing them and industry began to falter.
c. The consumer goods revolution contributed to a lack of confidence in the strength of the American economic system.
d. The consumer goods revolution led to an increase in home construction that eventually crashed due to overproduction.
e. Beneficiaries of the consumer goods revolution did not invest their money in the stock exchange.
A
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