Though unemployment during the Great Depression was widespread, it was higher in some parts of the United States than in others. An economic historian creates a table based on existing unemployment data from the Depression, while a cultural historian interviews people who were unemployed at the time. What information would the cultural historian receive that the economic historian would not? A. The level of unemployment in each state B. The names of specific people who were unemployed C. Years when unemployment increased or decreased in different states D. Stories about the experience of being unemployed

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Though unemployment during the Great Depression was widespread, it was higher in some parts of the United States than in others. An economic historian creates a table based on existing unemployment data from the Depression, while a cultural historian interviews people who were unemployed at the time. What information would the cultural historian receive that the economic historian would not? A. The level of unemployment in each state B. The names of specific people who were unemployed C. Years when unemployment increased or decreased in different states D. Stories about the experience of being unemployed

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Shaylee Petty · Answer 1

A cultural historian would get, by interviewing unemployed people during the Great Depression, B. The names of specific people who were unemployed and D. Stories about the experience of being unemployed.

This is because such historian would be doing microhistory, gathering information and stories about people directly from the source, while the economic historian would be doing macro-history, not paying attention to individuals.