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one way settlers acquired land in Kansas and other parts of the west. which provided settlers with 160 acres of public land
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allowed homesteaders to claim 640 acres of land in certain parts of western Nebraska where smaller farms were impractical.
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Increased the maximum permissible homestead to 320 acres of nonirri gable land in parts of Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Arizona, and Wyoming.
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Crops began to fail with the onset of drought, exposing the bare, over-plowed farmland. Without deep-rooted prairie grasses to hold the soil in place, it began to blow away.
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Just five days after his inauguration, President Roosevelt creates the Emergency Banking Act, launching the New Deal. In order to prevent even more terrible failures, the act closed all banks in the United States. Throughout his time in office, Roosevelt would sign many more acts that would aid reform and recovery form the depression.
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swept the Great Plains. Some of these carried Great Plains topsoil as far east as Washington, D.C. and New York City, and coated ships in the Atlantic Ocean with dust.
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The heat in the United States continued to blaze, with 8 states recording temperatures of 110 degrees Celsius or warmer. Throughout the year, another 12 states recorded temperatures of the same level, including another four that reached 120 degrees.
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With the invasion of Poland by Hitler and the start of the Second World War, President Roosevelt persuaded Congress to remove the military arms embargo to France and Britain to support them during the war.
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As the war continued, the defense budget was increased by President Roosevelt, as well as the top income to 81%.
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When the United States enters the war following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the country is finally able to get out of the Great Depression by mobilizing for war.
At the end of the Second World War, despite its devastating effects, the United States would emerge as the only economic superpower in the world.