Great Depression and Dust Bowl

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  • Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam gets Congressional approval as part of a $700M public Works program
  • Alfred E. Smith vs Herbert Hoover

    Election of 1928- Alfred E. Smith vs Herbert Hoover. Many Americans believed Hoover when he said "We in American are nearer to the final triumph over poverty then ever before," Hoover won the electron
  • Stock Market

    The stock market peaked then fell.
  • Stock Market

    The stock market crashed and panicked investors unloaded their shares
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday which was five days after the stock market crashed, banks flooded with people trying to get their money out of their accounts because they feared of loosing it all
  • Crops

    As much as 50% of all crops in Arkansas failed
  • Nations Gross

    The nations gross national products total output of goods and services was cute nearly in half fro $107 billion to 90,000 business went bankrupt
  • Dust Bowl

    The worst dust storm in American history, dubbed black Sunday. It hit 6 states
  • 90 degree temps

    Louisiana experience 115 consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures
  • Record broken

    States break their temperature records