Great Depression and Dust Bowl

By eew310

  • Dust Bowl and Great Depression Begin

    A major drought hits the Midwestern/Southern Plains, and a major portion of the crops are destroyed through the Dust Bowl.

  • Roosevelt for President

    During the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected for president, and put a stop to the dust storms.

  • Emergency Farm Mortgage Act

    $200 million was allotted for helping refinance mortgages for farms facing bankruptcy.

  • The Civilian Conservation Corps opens the first soil erosion control camp

    The Civilian Conservation Corps built over 160 soil erosion control camps, starting in Clayton County, Alabama.

  • FSRC

    The FSRC aided the homeless or needy by giving them agricultural commodities, including cotton goods.

  • Pigs Slaughtered

    For price stabilization, around 6 million pigs are slaughtered.

  • ERA Act/WPA Creation

    Mr. President approves the ERA Act, which gave a large sum of money to those in need because of the drought. The WPA exmply over 8.5 million people.

  • Shatterbelt Project

    Mr. President started the Shatterbelt project, which was a massive tree planting act, and the purpose was to hopefully stop dust storms from causing as much damage as previous incidents.

  • Frazier-Lemke

    This act was put in play to stop banks from taking away the farmer's land when things got rough.

  • The Great Depression Ends

    After a good amount of rain in the fall, the Great Plains became zealous in their crop-growing, and the world prepared for WWII.