Which was the most widespread economic consequence of the Great Depression?

A. Many Americans lost their jobs.

B. Many Americans lived in shantytowns.

C. Many Americans were hungry.

D. Many Americans moved west.

The most notorious and widespread consequence of the Great Depression in USA was that many Americans lost their jobs. You can find that the unemployment rates in USA reached al most 25% in the worst year of the Great Depression, which was 1939. To deal with the enormous unemployment the president Frankin D. Roosevelt created special programs.