Why did many americans find themselves in trouble after the great depression started

They had to face severe economic problems.

Explanation: We can mention a great amount of troubles caused by the Great Depression, however, all of them might be summarized as economic problems.

After the beginning of the Great Depression Americans lost their savings because half of the banks collapsed. Some of them also lost their jobs and even their houses. It represented one of the most difficult periods that American people had to go through.

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.