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Herbert Hoover inaguration
The day that President Herbert Hoover was inagurated. -
US economy crumbles
the stock market crash of 1929 sets off the great depression. Watch this video for more. -
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dust bowl
in the year of 1931, a drought creates dust storms that begin to sweep across the great plains. these dust storms continue until 1940, when the natural disaster ends with the rain. watch this video for more on the start of the dust bowl -
President Roosevelt inaguration
The inaguration of president Franklin D Roosevelt. -
the Emergency Banking Act
President Roosevelt enstated a four day banking holiday while the Senate passed the Emergency Banking Act. For more information on the Emergency Banking Act, watch this video. -
Dust Bowl
On Black Friday of 1934 an Associated Press reporter saw a dust storm and named the series of dust storms the Dust Bowl. For more on black friday and the naming of the Dust Bowl, watch this. -
Black Sunday DC dust storm
On Black Sunday 1935, a dust storm sweeps across the nation's capital while the senate was voting on a bill called the soil conservation act. To find out more on the DC dust storm, check out this video -
Shelterbelt Project
In March of 1937 the Roosevelt Administration's Shelterbelt Project began to try to restore some of the land in the Great Plains. To learn more about the Roosevelt Shelterbelt Project, watch this video. -
1939
and here we are, 1939, the end of the dust bowl, and the end of the drought. To see the end of the Dust Bowl Video, look at this
