The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although you forgot to include the options for this question we can say the following.
Like many cities in the South, Atlanta was poorly prepared to meet the emergency of the Great Depression. The statement that best describes how Atlanta was poorly prepared is "There were only a few programs to help the unemployed."
After many years of prosperity, the city of Atlanta was hit hard by the Great Depression. Indeed, there were not really many government agencies prepared to confront a severe economic crisis such as the Great Depression.
Let's remember that the US stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, the date that represented the beginning of the Great Depression. Millions of American citizens lost their job, companies broke, and banks went into bankruptcy.