Which conclusion is best supported by the unemployment trend shown?
- A
The New Deal eliminated unemployment by 1936.
- B
The 1937-1938 'Roosevelt Recession' had no measurable effect on unemployment.
- C
Unemployment was unaffected by federal policy.
- Dcheck_circle
New Deal programs reduced but did not end mass unemployment, which only ended with WWII mobilization.
Explanation
Unemployment fell sharply from 25% (1933) to about 14% (1937), rose during the 1937-38 recession when FDR cut spending, then fell to single digits only as wartime production absorbed labor after 1941.