Question

The recession of 1980-1982 was the hardest on

a) legal immigrants to the united states
b) the wealthiest americans
c) blue-collar workers and farmers
d) deregulated and unregulated industries

Answer 1

This one is C.  there were alot of layoffs in blue collar jobs during that time period

Answer 2

c) blue-collar workers and farmers

Step-by-step explanation:

Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation skyrocketed. Unemployment rose to alarming levels and the hungry lined up to receive food. It was not the Great Depression, but the recession of 1981-1982, widely considered the worst in the country since the depression. Those difficult times during the presidency of Ronald Reagan is a dark milestone of how far things can go.

The frustrated workers escaped to call belt of the sun to find employment. In Michigan, which led the country in unemployment, the newspapers offered to the unemployed of the automotive sector free classified ads. The mortgages had interests higher than 10 percent. When the recession of 1982 ended, the unemployment rate was 10.8 percent.