Question

Value: 2
What was the biggest issue that caused unemployment in cities during the Great
Depression?
a. Closing factories led more people to be out of work.
b. Closing the stock market led to more people being out of work.
c. Farms shut down that pushed more people to the cities.
d. Cities removed all jobs to save money on city taxes.

Answer 1

Answer:

C

Explanation:

To rather continue what the other guy said here is just a Explanation, At the height of the Depression in 1933, 24.9% of the total work force or 12,830,000 people was unemployed. Although farmers technically were not counted among the unemployed, drastic drops in farm commodity prices resulted in farmers losing their lands and homes to foreclosure.The displacement of the American work force and farming communities caused families to split up or to migrate from their homes in search of work.