Great Depression and Dust Bowl

By TJ Kerns

  • The Stock Market crashes

  • The Dust Bowl begins

    Severe dust storms sweep across the Midwest plains.

  • Food Riots and Banks Collapse

    Thousands struggle to provide food for their families and the banks fall and have to close.

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt was Elected

  • New Deal

    Franklin D. Roosevelt, a 1932 presidential candidate, gives his “New Deal” speech to the public to reveal his plans for economic recovery.

  • Unemployment Rate skyrockets to 23.6%.

  • Droughts cover 75% of nation

  • Spending on New Deal Programs Cut

  • The economy starts to climb back

  • The start of World War II