Question

"Each day, those men walked to work past long unemployment lines, which reminded them how lucky they were to have such well-paying jobs." What conclusions about the Great Depression can you draw from this evidence?

Answer 1

Answer:

I can conclude from this evidence that the Great Depression was a period of great financial loss and unemployment of the vast majority of the citizens.

Explanation:

The men in this excerpt saw long queues of people lined up and hoping for a job while they were still very fortunate to still have good jobs and well-paying ones at that. The Great Depression lasted between 1929 to 1939. What caused it was the crash of the stock market wherein investors recorded a high rate of investments which was not balanced with other aspects of the economy such as industrial production, and agriculture.

Companies soon led off the majority of their workers, wages and salaries were reduced, droughts set in, and poverty skyrocketed. All of these had negative effects on the economy, so anyone who was fortunate enough at that time to even still have a job was very lucky.