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Dust bowl
The Dust Bowl refers to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. -
CCC
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. -
The Agricultural adjustment act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The Government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land. -
Bonus army
WW1 vets traveled to Washington to ask for their pay and that made Hoover scared so he stayed in the white house and that made him look incompetent.