What was the overall unemployment rate during the great depression?

Explanation:

Depression YearAvg. Rate of Unemployment

1936                 16.9%

1937                 14.3%

1938                 19.0%

1939                 17.2%

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

powers  are  denied  to the  national governmentin three distinct ways: some  powers, such as the  power  to levy duties on exports or prohibit the freedom of religion, speech, press, or assembly, are expressly  denied  to the  national government  in the  constitution.