THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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the Dust Bowl.
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Hoovervilles.
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the Roaring Twenties.
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Black Tuesday.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Migration Out of the Great Plains Farmers who rented the land and farmhouse couldn’t pay rent, and farmers who owned their land couldn’t make payments. Parents packed up their children and belongings and moved West. Most Nebraskans moved to California, hoping to start a new life.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the early 1930s prices dropped so low that many farmers went bankrupt and lost their farms. In some cases, the price of a bushel of corn fell to just eight or ten cents. Some farm families began burning corn rather than coal in their stoves because corn was cheaper.
Detailed explanation-3: -The resulting agricultural depression contributed to the Great Depression’s bank closures, business losses, increased unemployment, and other physical and emotional hardships.
Detailed explanation-4: -Description. During the Great Depression, a series of droughts combined with non-sustainable agricultural practices led to devastating dust storms, famine, diseases and deaths related to breathing dust. This caused the largest migration in American history.