During the Great Depression in the Rural United States
Life during the Great Depression The Heart of the Matter Most characteristic of life during the Great Depression was the widening gap between the haves and have-nots Unemployment. Between 1929 and 1933 unemployment in the United States jumped from 32 percent to 249 percent almost a quarter of the official labor force. 2 Identify the unique challenges that farmers in the Great Plains faced during this period. . The economy started to shrink in August 1929 months before the stock market crash in October of. During the great depression in the rural united states onethird of all farmers lost their landcorrect. Rural areas were particularly hard hit during the great depression because of a concurrent drought that affected Americas major agricultural areas. At the peak of the Depression. The economic conditions were slightly better. Economic conditions were slightly better than in. It was a poor rural one-crop s...