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Take a look at the news article "The Great Depression." Based on the article, why did unemployment become so widespread during the Great Depression?

A. Companies lost top management after the stock market crash in October 1929, so they had to let workers go.
B. Companies struggled to sell their products because of the economic conditions, so they had to let workers go.
C. Farms began to fail one by one, and Midwest farm owners had been among the nation's largest employers.
D. Wages had risen at an alarming rate during the 1920s, and companies could no longer afford to pay them. Question

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Answer: the answer is B

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Answer:

A. Companies lost top management after the stock market crash in October 1929, so they had to let workers go.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because of the stock market crash they didn't have enough money so they let people go.

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