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That time period featured the longest depressionary period in US history with large spikes in unemployment [1]

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Depression#:~:text=In%2....

And yet the economy grew and the country rose out of the ashes of an incredibly destructive civil war and became a world power, and brought a LOT of people out of poverty. So, maybe don't sweat the little stuff?

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