Great Depression and Dust Bowl

By Humble Beast
  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins

    A drought hits the Midwest and all crops die. Then dust begins to blow from over plowed and over grazed land.
  • 14 dust storms are reported in the Midwest in 1932

    14 dust storms are reported in the Midwest in 1932

  • 38 dust storms are reported in the Midwest

    38 dust storms are reported in the Midwest

  • Roosevelt is elected president

    Roosevelt is elected president

    Roosevelt took presidency when the U.S was is a very bad shape but with his efforts he built the U.S back to the powerhouse it is today.
  • Worst Drought in U.S. History

    Worst Drought in U.S. History

    Dust Bowl area spreads to cover more than 75 percent of the country affecting 27 states.
  • Roosevelt re-elected

    Roosevelt re-elected

    Roosevelt won by and landslide is the election of 1936 because of how good the U.S. economy was doing under his leadership.
  • California Police keep out undesirables (Dust Bowl Migrants)

    California Police keep out undesirables (Dust Bowl Migrants)

    LAPD go to the borders of Oregon and Arizona to keep out undesirables from entering California. This leads to the American Civil Liberties Union to sue the city of Los Angeles.
  • The Drought ends

    The Drought ends

    After 8 long years rain finally comes to put a end to the drought and dust bowl.
  • Roosevelt is re-elected for President Again!

    Roosevelt is re-elected for President Again!

    In the 1940 presidential campaign Roosevelt won for the 3rd time and that makes him the only U.S. President to serve more than 2 terms.