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19 de jun. de 2024 · Thousands of families were forced to leave the Dust Bowl at the height of the Great Depression in the early and mid-1930s. Many of these displaced people (frequently collectively labeled “Okies” regardless of whether they were Oklahomans) undertook the long trek to California.
- Dust Bowl
The worst drought (lack of rain) in U.S. history hit the...
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Breadline in New York City's Bryant Park during the Great...
- Dust Bowl
Hace 6 días · The Wall Street Crash in the autumn of 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States. What started as a stock market crash then quickly became a banking crisis, which...
Hace 6 días · Great Depression, worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory.
25 de jun. de 2024 · Breadline in New York City's Bryant Park during the Great Depression. The most devastating impact of the Great Depression was human suffering. In a short period of time, world output and standards of living dropped precipitously. As much as one-fourth of the labor force in industrialized countries was unable to find work in the early 1930s.
Hace 6 días · Michael L. Cooper takes readers through this tumultuous period, beginning with the 1929 stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression and continuing with the severe drought in the Midwest, known as the Dust Bowl.
19 de jun. de 2024 · The Dust Bowl in Dallas, South Dakota. Source: National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Depression for Farmers. Farmers suffered during the Great Depression from low prices and surplus crops. This article describes the "agricultural depression" and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933.
24 de jun. de 2024 · Great Depression and the Dust Bowl - Primary Source Set (Iowa) more... less... Provides access to primary sources related to the Great Depression and to the Dust Bowl.
