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Laissez-faire policies of the U.S. government helped bring about the depression by...

a.overextending trade agreements
.b.not doing anything to help solve the country’s economic problems
.c.encouraging people to invest in the stock market.
d.giving businesses too many loans

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User Vcxz
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The correct answer is B. Not doing anything to help solve the country's economic problems.

The idea of laissez faire is focused around the government not getting involved in the economy. This concept of laissez faire believes that the economy will fix itself and that government interference will allow cause more problems. This is why president Hoover, an advocate of laissez faire capitalism, refuses to have the government get involved in the economy.
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