How Did Unemployment Affect People During The Great Depression

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American suffers from the many problems as a result of the Great Depression. It was a very hard time for Americans they had to find a different way to live. The government had to find ways to protect the citizen from this economic crisis and form groups to help the American citizens live a regular life this economic crisis all happened because of the stock market crash in 1929. The economic and social platforms during 1930s were all in distraught.


Unemployment had millions of families with out jobs and struggled to survive and live an everyday life. During 1926, 23.5 of the people were jobless it was the longest lasting American economic downturn in American history. Unemployment causes people to be in debt and not pay off there loans. …show more content…

Vera was looking for a job at employment agencies but due to her lack of inexperienced because she never had an actually job because she spent most of her days at college and focusing in her education. Vera wasn’t able to pay for her house and pay for her food and she was depend on an invitation for dinner at her friends house otherwise she wasn’t able to afford a meal. Vera had a lot of unpaid rent and she would barrow a dollar from people so she could get a carfare when she couldn’t walk. Vera getting a job and he being able to pay off her rent solved this issued.
Due to the great depression people weren’t able to pay for their food so in 1931 so there was soup kitchens that were opened. These kitchen provided free soups this was one of the solution of the great depression.

At the time of the depression president Roosevelt made an announcement about how we can help Americans make better decisions and informing the citizens.

In all, there were many solutions to help resolve the problems. The great depression went on for 10 years. The new deal was

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