How did the uneven distribution of the nation's wealth lead to the depression? a. farmers had huge surpluses of crops but demand for them decreased drastically so they went into debt. b. acquiring a line of credit was easy, but it caused more debt for people who could not make payments. c. wealthy people grew wealthier and had money to spend on consumer products, but this spending was not enough to keep the economy booming. d. all of the above

1. which of the following best explains why president roosevelt proposed his 1937 “court-packing” plan? a. he argued that more juries were necessary to hear challenges to the new deal. b. he wanted to add to the supreme court more justices who supported the new deal. c. he argued that the supreme court lacked the authority to overturn new deal programs. 2. the federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic) was created primarily to address which problem? think of where deposits are made. a. the widespread bank failures that resulted from bank runs b. the freezing of credit that resulted from high unemployment c. the increase in personal debt that resulted from rising food prices