KEY TERMS The Lost Generation

  • The dust bowl

    The dust bowl
    Some of the reasons that the Dust Bowl occurred were over-farming, livestock over-grazing, drought and poor farming practices.There were 14 dust storms in 1932 on the Great Plains and 38 dust storms in 1933 on the Great Plains.
    **JAN 9 is not the correct date it didnt say any specific date just year
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    The New Deal was orchestrated by a core group of FDR advisors brought in from academia and industry known as the "Brains Trust" who, in their first "hundred days" in office, helped FDR enact fifteen major laws. One of the most significant of these was the Banking Act of 1933, which finally brought an end to the panic that gripped the nation's banking system.