History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1358 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Unemployment Climbs
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The idea
Unemployment rose from one and a half million at the end of nineteen twenty-nine to four and a half million at the end of nineteen thirty.
In practice
Digital History's figures: four point four percent unemployment when Hoover took office, twenty-three point six when he left.
Where people slip
Each layoff cut spending further, the Yawp says, in a vicious downward cycle.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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