A graph of the unemployment rate of the United States over the twentieth century shows
A)an overall upward trend in the unemployment rate interrupted by a large upturn in the 1930s.
B)an overall downward trend in the unemployment rate interrupted by a large upturn in the 1930s.
C)rates of unemployment always greater than zero with substantial variations from year to year.
D)alternating periods of positive and negative rates of unemployment.

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The unemployment rate has always been greater than zero, with significant fluctuations due to economic cycles, including the Great Depression in the 1930s.

A Graph of the Unemployment Rate of the United States