<span>D. Were accompanied by an increase in trade</span>
Given the key roles of monetary contraction and the gold standard in causing the great depression, it is not surprising that currency devaluations and monetary were the leading sources of recovery throughout the world. Devaluation, however, did not increase output directly. Rather, it allowed countries to expand their money suplies without concern about gold movements and exchange rates.
On Christmas night of 1776, the patriots scored a victory at the Battle of Trenton. Washington and his men crossed the Delaware River into New Jersey, where Trenton is located, and did a surprise attack on the red coats.
