The highest measured rate of unemployment in the United States occurred during
A) the post-WWII years.
B) the Panic of 1893.
C) the Carter administration.
D) the Great Depression.

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The Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939, saw the highest rates of unemployment in US history. At its peak in 1933, unemployment reached 24.9%, with millions of people out of work and struggling to make ends meet. The other choices, while significant periods of economic hardship, did not see unemployment rates as high as during the Great Depression.

The Highest Measured Rate of Unemployment in the United States