Multiple choice

During the Great Depression:

  1. Unemployment rate in the World was 25%

  2. Unemployment rate in England was 20%

  3. Unemployment rate in the U.S.A. was 25%

  4. Unemployment rate in India was 20%
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Explanation

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the economic downturn hit the United States severely, causing the national unemployment rate to soar to approximately 25 percent. This figure is a hallmark statistic used to illustrate the devastation of the US economy during that historical period. Other countries also suffered, but the 25 percent rate specifically applies to the U.S.A.

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