Great Depression and Dust Bowl

By anisahultreras@usd290.org

  • Henry Hoover

    Henry Hoover became president and he did a little to stop the depression time period. He was an American Engineer, businessman, and politician.

  • Market

    Black Thursdays kicked off the stock market crash, stock prices immediately went down 11%

  • Black Monday

    Stock Prices fell 13%

  • How did it start

    It began when the stock market began to crash

  • When did the drought start

    Crops began to fail because of lack of rain

  • What started happening during the drought

    The number of dust storms increased , 14 are reported

  • The new deal

    The new deal was a series of laws, programs, and government agencies enacted to help the country

  • How did it end

    The great depression ended when World War ll started. The wartime put many people back to work and filled factories to capacity

  • Dust Storms Formed

    Great dust storm spread from dust bowl areas, it affected 25 states

  • Black Storm

    Black Sunday, the worst black blizzard of the dust bowl occurs causing a lot of damage