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During the Great Depression
A series of droughts combined with non-sustainable agricultural practices led to devastating dust storms, famine, diseases and deaths related to breathing dust. This caused the largest migration in American history. -
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Great Depression
Began after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagion began around September 4, 1929, and became known worldwide on Black Tuesday, the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 -
The Dust Bowls Begin
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during 1930 -
Food Riots and Banks Collapse
Begin to break out in parts of the U.S. In Minneapolis, several hundred men and women smash the windows of a grocery market and make off with fruit, canned goods, bacon, and ham. -
President Roosevelt is Elected
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The First Hundred Days and the New Deal
Many different programs were directed at farmers. The first 100 days produced the Farm Security Act to raise farm incomes by raising the prices farmers received, which was achieved by reducing total farm output. -
President Roosevelt Elected For a Second Term
Roosevelt's Farewell Address states it was because of his age, but his successors saw it as a necessary to elect him during this time twice but even in the future he will be put up for more terms. -
Spending on New Deal Programs Cut
President Roosevelt had the difficult task of having to manage the debt, but also trying to keep the economy out of the depression. In an attempt to relieve the country’s debt, he cut back spending on the New Deal programs, which ultimately pushed the economy back into the depression. -
Economic Growth
The economy started to grow again this year, eventually bringing the country out of the Great Depression. However, unemployment rates were still extremely high. -
The Start of World War Two
It involved the vast majority of the world's countries including all of the great powers forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers