some economic historians have argued
that the severity of the great depression
was increased by nations:
a. imposing trade barriers
b. closing all national financially-ailing
banks
c. weakening the value of the dollar
d. expanding the money supply

d. it gave farmers a way to organize for more political power

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.

the correct answwer is d