The main reason that the Great Depression ended was:
A) effective monetary policy by the Fed under the leadership of Paul Volcker.
B) the defeat of Adolf Hitler in Germany in the 1930s.
C) Winston Churchill's foreign policy.
D) deficit spending in the United States to finance World War II.

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Deficit spending in the United States to finance World War II led to a surge in production, employment, and overall economic growth, helping to end the Great Depression. The other options, including effective monetary policy by the Fed, the defeat of Hitler, and Churchill's foreign policy, while important in their own right, did not directly cause the end of the Great Depression.

The Main Reason That the Great Depression Ended Was