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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.
Hace 3 días · This essay about the Dust Bowl examines the causes and consequences of this environmental disaster that struck the Great Plains of the United States during the 1930s. It highlights how aggressive agricultural practices such as over-plowing and monoculture farming disrupted the natural grasses that held the soil in place.
Hace 2 días · Frederick E. Hosen, The Great Depression and the New Deal: Legislative Acts in Their Entirety (1932–1933) and Statistical Economic Data (1926–1946) (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc., 1992), 272–273. 33. Kennedy, Freedom from Fear, 163. 34. Hosen, The Great Depression and the New Deal, 294. 35. Hosen, The Great Depression and the New ...
Hace 3 días · July 1936 saw the worst of the Dust Bowl years for Philly, when highs in the city didn’t drop below 95 degrees for four days straight. July 10 was the worst of it, with a high of 104 degrees.
Hace 2 días · The Fateful and Far-Reaching Words FDR Spoke at Mt Rushmore Unveiling. August 30th, 1936 will forever be remembered as one of the most memorable days in South Dakota's history. On that day, our nation's 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt made a pit stop at Mount Rushmore while touring the Dust Bowl ravaged region of the U.S.
Hace 6 días · Between 2000 and 2001 interviews were conducted with more than one hundred women individually and in groups who lived through the Dust Bowl, primarily in the seven western-most counties of Oklahoma, where the Dust Bowl hit the hardest.
Hace 2 días · These insights help viewers understand the real-life impacts of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression on American society. The documentary also explores Steinbeck’s detailed research process. Despite writing the novel quickly, he gathered extensive reports on the living conditions in migrant camps to create an authentic narrative.
