What did struggling businesses do to try to remain open during the great depression?
they paid off their bank loans.
they formed shantytowns.
they retrained workers.
they laid off workers.

They laid off workers is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929 and lasted till 1939. It was one of the longest economic dowspin in the history of industrialised nations, especially USA. As the New York Stock exchange crashed in October 1929, the money of millions of people were wiped out. The investment and consumer spending declined and it led to the decline in industrial output and employment. Workers were laid off by the failing companies to cover their losses. The great depression reached its nadir in 1933, by this time at least 14 million people were unemployed.d.

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