- Dust Bowl
- How Stuff Works--The Great Depression
In 1929, the stock market crashed, and the American Dream turned into a nightmare of hunger, unemployment and hopelessness. In f
- How Stuff Works--The Great Depression in America
Banks failed, factories shut down, and millions lost their jobs. About one out of every four workers in the country were unempl
- How Stuff Works--Stock Market Crash
After a period of prosperity, the New York Stock Exchange hit bottom and investors panicked.
- How Stuff Works--Dust Bowl
The topsoil of middle America's farmland blew right across the country, creating what came to be known as the Dust Bowl.
- How Stuff Works--Voices of the Dust: Exploring the Dust Bowl Era
Journey back in time to Oklahoma during the Great Depression of the 1930s, also known as the Dust Bowl era. With their farms and
- How Stuff Works--The Great Depression: Exploring the Bust Times
- How Stuff Works--Tariffs and Bank Closures
During the Great Depression, American import tariffs affected trade, most businesses were failing, and one quarter of the nation
- How Stuff Works--Poverty and Unemployment
One quarter of the nation's men were unemployed during the Great Depression.
- How Stuff Works--New Deal
After Roosevelt was elected, he passed several acts in an effort to revive American business. These acts are collectively known
- How Stuff Works--Roosevelt's Programs
Roosevelt created and instituted several new social reform programs. He reassured the American people during his fireside chats.
- How Stuff Works--Second New Deal
After the implication of the second New Deal, more reforms were passed and business and agriculture improved.
- How Stuff Works--Grapes of Wrath
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck accurately portrayed the human suffering of Dust Bowl
- How Stuff Works--American Grasslands: The Dust Bowl
Farmers were encouraged to plant wheat on prairie lands. After a prolonged drought, the plants died, and the soil blew away.
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