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The Dust Bowl and The Great Depression

By epicface822

  • The Great Depression begins

    The Great Depression begins
    The stock market offically crashed and millions were beginning to lose their jobs and homes.

  • Job Loss

    Job Loss
    By early 1930 around 3.2 million people had lost their jobs

  • Creative Job Opportunities

    Creative Job Opportunities
    People started to come up with creative ways to find work.

  • Job Protests

    Job Protests
    Thousands of unemployed men protest in front of Ford Motor Company.

  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins
    Severe dirt and wind storms start to occur in the midwestern and southern plains.

  • New York bank crashes

    New York bank crashes
    The bank in New York City collapses leading to many more job losses

  • The R.F.C

    The R.F.C
    The R.F.C is lending 2 billion dollars to banks and insurence companies

  • Dust Storms

    Dust Storms
    The number of dust storms increased 14 were reported in 1932

  • The President

    The President
    President Franklin Delino Roosevelt was elected

  • Re-elected

    Re-elected
    FDR is relected and beat the Kansas govener