Unemployment was one of the complications during the Depression. Unemployment skyrocketed from 1929 to 1936 from almost 4% to 23%. There were twice as many African- Americans unemployed. Many couldn’t even pay rent or buy food (Doc 3). People were often thrown into the streets. New Deals like the TVA and the CCC were applied.The TVA stopped floods by building dams. The CCC Built parks and planted trees.
There were Mental and Physical responses