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The Great Depression and //the Dust Bowl//

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=The Great Depression and the New Deal= The Great Depression was a bad time for many workers and families. It left people without jobs, homes, and even family. This devastating crisis was called The Great Depression. The Dust Bowl that occurred during the depression had a major impact. The Great Depression was the time the economy crashed and there wasn’t anything anybody could do about it. When Fredrick D. Roosevelt became president he tried many different policies to help change the economy. Also the Great depression led to unemployment. Unemployment was when the assembly line required skilled workers and the workers who were unskilled were fired or received lower wages. Between 1929 and 1933 the unemployment rate went from 3 percent to 25 percent.

The Dust Bowl swept away the fertile soil on the plains that had been used for farming, and it lead to unemployment because the farmers would plant seeds but nothing would grow. Many families that relied on farming packed up their things and went off in search of jobs.

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