A lot, nearly the amount of men in your dad's bed
for failing to provide for their families
15% to 20% or even higher in some areas
The Great Depression of 1929 was so bad for Americans because it caused many people to become unemployed and sometimes homeless. There was also poverty, uprooting of families, and the loss of farms. In desperate situations, farmers even burned corn for fuel.
Unemployed you gobble goose! :)
The Great Depression in the 30's (US)
1/6 people were poor/unemployed during the great drepression.
That figure is hard to measure as record keeping was not as effective and detailed as it is today. Four million workers lost their jobs during the first year of the Great Depression. By 1931, 100,000 workers a week lost their job. In 1932, about 25 percent of the workforce was unemployed. At the peak of the Depression, it is estimated that 35-40 percent of the workforce was unemployed. Many workers didn't even bother to try and look for jobs so there is no way to accurately gauge the correct percent of unemployed.
There are many Americans who were alive during the depression.
More than 25% of the population in the USA was unemployed.
The unemployed faced extreme hardships during the Depression . They often stood in line for hours to receive food. Many of them were homeless.
Relieved, they were past embarrassment because they were starving.
Many thought Mexican Americans were taking jobs and welfare money from white Americans.