To begin with, in the midst of the Great Depression unemployment skyrocked in American leaving 13 to 15 Million americans jobless.2 The great depression had a huge effect on unemployment, because after the stock marked chrashed on what became known as black Tuesday consumer confidence drastically decresed and tons of people lost the money they had saved.2 This downturn in spending money and investment caused factories and other businesses all over American to drastically to slow down production and construction, which led to employees being layed off.2 Being unemployed and having no way to make income for themselves or family caused many people to become homeless or for them to have to live shanty towns.1 Not only was unemployment affected
