THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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the use of radios
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purchasing goods with credit
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failure of Herbert Hoover to warn banks
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effects of the Dust Bowl
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Detailed explanation-1: -Environmental degradation by drought and farming practices did not help in soil preservation and resulted in large areas of non-agricultural land. This was known as the Dust Bowl. This was coupled with dust storms that destroyed crops and livestock.
Detailed explanation-2: -Economic depression coupled with extended drought, unusually high temperatures, poor agricultural practices and the resulting wind erosion all contributed to making the Dust Bowl. The seeds of the Dust Bowl may have been sowed during the early 1920s.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Dust Bowl intensified the crushing economic impacts of the Great Depression and drove many farming families on a desperate migration in search of work and better living conditions.