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-Governor Ross Sterling could not do much.
-In Dallas and Fort Worth people helped by giving money and food.
-Homeless peple were allowed to live in public buildings and spaces.
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When hoover was president, he refused to admit there was a problem.
Roosevelt was elected 32 nd. president of the U.S. He offered a promise of hope and a bold course of action.
His plan,The New Deal offered relief.
-Created 7 programs
-CCC civilian conservation corps.
Preserved, and restored natural resources by making trails, shelters, cabins, steps, and planting trees among other improvments in our state parks. -
After years of sufferage the depression finally came to a cease at the start of WWII because of the jobs needed to supply the soilders.
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Within the New Deal there was a very importasnt program called the Civilian Conservation Corps. Also called the C.C.C., this trained, employed, fed, and sheltered men. Above all it provided a source of income for their families. For this reason many men and teens were eager to join this organization. Other organizations helped farmers and landowners.
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A storm came that carried 350 million tons of dirt. People called it The Great Dust Storm
Causes were:
Hot Weather
Drought
Excessive Farming
The soil was left without nutrients because the government wanted farmers to grow wheat for the war.
$2.00 a bushel of wheat
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This was the start of the great depression, The great plains were suffering through drought and horendous dust stroms. After days of selling stocks, the Stock Market finally fell apart.
-on October 29, 1929
-millions of citizens lost jobs and were unemployed
Causes of the Stock Market crash of 1929 were:
drought
buying on credit
buying on Margin,
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The Great Depression was a time of economic hardship in the U.S. and other countries.
Millions were starving and homeless.
The Stock Market crash was the beginning of the Great Depression .
It began October 29, 1929 or Black Tuesday
