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A number of events from earlier years contributed to the Great Depression. First, people started making more money. During these prosperous times, people bought large numbers of goods, and many more goods were produced — ultimately more than there were people who could afford them. Banks and stores extended credit to people with lower incomes, with no regard for whether the borrowers would be able to pay back the loans. Some people used borrowed money to purchase stock in companies. Finally, when the stock market crashed, these people lost money they had borrowed — and since the loans could not be repaid, banks failed in droves.

Which excerpt from the text best shows that the passage uses a sequential pattern?
A. Some people used borrowed money to purchase stock in companies.
B. people bought large numbers of goods
C. First, people started making more money.
D. more than there were people who could afford them

The sequential pattern arranges information in order, this implies details are organized according to how they occur. Examples of this include texts displaying processes such as recipes. This pattern can be identified because it includes words such as first, second, then, next, after, finally, etc that show sequence.

The text presented is an example of this, because in this text the author describes how the Great Depression occurred, this can be identified by the use of words such as first, during, and finally. According to this, the statement that best shows the passage uses a sequential pattern is " First, people started making more money" because this includes the word "First" which is one of the main words used in this pattern.