Although it began in the United States, the Great Depression spread around the world thanks to the interconnected nature of finance and trade. Europe …
The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
The calamitous 1930s saw extreme poverty and hardship caused by the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.
The Great Plains suffered a series of dust storms throughout the 1930s due to a severe drought that turned the region into a Dust Bowl.
Throughout the 1920s, the United States had many distinct regional cultures and social class distinctions. When the Great Depression struck in 1929, …
Prior to the Great Depression (1929-39), the United States existed in an era of laissez-faire policies toward business and economics under Republican …
The Great Depression (1929-39) was an era of severe economic depression that permanently altered how governments view economic policy, social …
The dust storms that ravaged the Southern Great Plains of the United States during the 1930s created an environmental catastrophe that would affect …