By the start of 1929, more than half of the U.S. population was living below the poverty line. A major and immediate effect of this situation would be

Responses
A New Deal programs being created.New Deal programs being created.
B consumer goods were not being sold.consumer goods were not being sold.
C the stock market crash put people out of work.the stock market crash put people out of work.
D wealthy people were losing huge sums of money.

C the stock market crash put people out of work.