Use this chart to answer the next two questions. Which claim is best supported by the unemployment rates included in the chart above?

Question 1 options:

a) U. S. involvement in World War II caused unemployment rates to increase significantly

b) President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was effective at reducing unemployment rates

c) during the Progressive Era, unemployment rose to rates never experienced before in U. S. history

d) U. S. involvement in World War II caused unemployment rates to decrease significantly