Question
A graph titled Unemployment Rates in the U S from 1929 to 1939 has year on the x-axis, and unemployment percentage on the y-axis. A line increases from 1929 to 1933, decreases in 1937, and then increases slightly.
What was the unemployment rate at the start of the Great Depression?
When did unemployment reach its peak during the Depression?
What was the highest level of unemployment during this era?
What was the unemployment rate at the start of the Great Depression?
When did unemployment reach its peak during the Depression?
What was the highest level of unemployment during this era?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
At the start of the Great Depression in 1929, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was relatively low, typically around 3.2% to 3.3%.
Unemployment reached its peak during the Depression in 1933.
The highest level of unemployment during this era was approximately 25%, with some estimates suggesting it may have reached as high as 25.2% in 1933. This marked the most severe peak of unemployment during the Great Depression.
Unemployment reached its peak during the Depression in 1933.
The highest level of unemployment during this era was approximately 25%, with some estimates suggesting it may have reached as high as 25.2% in 1933. This marked the most severe peak of unemployment during the Great Depression.