Question

h action most helped end the great depression?
a. the outbreak of world war ii
b. the regulations placed on trusts
c. the rationing of natural resources
d. the creation of square deal programs

Explanation:

• Option B: Trust regulations were from the Progressive Era (early 1900s), not the Great Depression.
• Option C: Rationing was a WWII measure, not a driver of ending the Depression itself.
• Option D: Square Deal programs were Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive policies, unrelated to the 1930s Depression.
• Option A: WWII created massive government demand for war materials, employed millions (including women and veterans), stimulated industrial production, and pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression's economic stagnation.

Answer:

A. the outbreak of World War II