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Suicide rates during the Great Depression?

prior to the great depression, suicide in the US was 14 per 100,000 and rose to the highest at 17 per 100,000 in 1932, shortly before FDR was elected.


How high did the employment rate get during the depression?

The unemployment rates in the US during the Great Depression. 1930--3.2 percent 1931--15.9 percent 1932--23.6 percent 1933--24.9 percent 1934--21.7 percent 1935--20.1 percent 1936--16.9 percent 1937--14.3 percent 1938--19.0 percent 1939--17.2 percent


How did the homeless and farmers respond to the Great Depression both passively and actively?

Farmers tried to sell their farms but they was not able to sell them. The homelesses tried to find a job but they could not find any jobs. Suicide rates increased during the Great Depression.


How did the depression challenge the traditional belief of Hoover in rugged individualism?

The welfare system was created during the Great Depression. This system helps those families that are in need due to illness or high unemployment rates.


How was unemployment figured in the great depression?

Basically calculating unemployment prior to 1940 was estimating and "guessing" based on what facts were at hand. There is no "official" unemployment rate until the 1940s, when unemployment rates began to be based on "after the fact" employment and unemployment rates. In 1940 the WPA began to publish statistics on people employed, people looking for work, and those doing something else, like giving up on looking for work.

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What was one impact of the stock market crash and the Depression on American society?

record high rates of unemployment


How did the Federal Reserve's higher interest rates in the 1930s complicate the great depression?

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How did the federal reserves higher interest rates in the 1930s complicate the Great Depression?

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Suicide rates during the Great Depression?

prior to the great depression, suicide in the US was 14 per 100,000 and rose to the highest at 17 per 100,000 in 1932, shortly before FDR was elected.


How high did the employment rate get during the depression?

The unemployment rates in the US during the Great Depression. 1930--3.2 percent 1931--15.9 percent 1932--23.6 percent 1933--24.9 percent 1934--21.7 percent 1935--20.1 percent 1936--16.9 percent 1937--14.3 percent 1938--19.0 percent 1939--17.2 percent


What served primarily to provide employment to young adults?

Public Works Administration (PWA) under the New Deal in the 1930s served primarily to provide employment to young adults by funding the construction of public infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, and buildings. These projects aimed to address high unemployment rates during the Great Depression by offering job opportunities to young workers.


How did the homeless and farmers respond to the Great Depression both passively and actively?

Farmers tried to sell their farms but they was not able to sell them. The homelesses tried to find a job but they could not find any jobs. Suicide rates increased during the Great Depression.


What is maximum employment?

Maximum employment is the level of employment rates where the type of employment is not in demand. The level is typically a bit above 0%.Ê


How did the depression challenge the traditional belief of Hoover in rugged individualism?

The welfare system was created during the Great Depression. This system helps those families that are in need due to illness or high unemployment rates.


How much did it cost for a room in the great depression?

Well, this site talks about NYC room rates. http://www.tenement.org/encyclopedia/housing_rent.htm#ninth


How many people committed suicide during the Great Depression?

The Great Depression was an important part of American History. Many people died due to illness, malnutrition, and suicide. It is estimated that about 40,000 people committed suicide during the Great Depression.


Relationship between increases and decreases in employment consumer spending and money supply?

Typically, a decrease in employment rates leads to fewer disposable income, and less spending. When the employment rates are high, consumers tend to spend more.