Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 98: John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is set in the early 1930s, a period in U.S. history most noted for
A) rapid economic expansion.
B) the Great Depression.
C) World War I.
D) hyperinflation.

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The early 1930s in the U.S. were marked by the Great Depression, which was a severe economic downturn that lasted from 1929 until the late 1930s. This period saw widespread unemployment, poverty, and financial instability, which is the backdrop for Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath.

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