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• GRAVE STATISTICS
From 1929 thorough 1933, the economy decreased by an astounding 70%.
The unemployment rate reached 25%.
• GOVERNMENT
The government was no longer there.
There was no longer aid.
There was no longer welfare.
Hoover was blamed for the Depression, but it was hardly his fault.
• FARM BOYCOTT
When supply skyrockets, demand goes down, prices go down, and the seller pockets less
change.
Farmers began boycotting the steeply dropping demand and prices by refusing to sell their
products.
They attempt to lower the supply.
• They burn their crops.
• They kill their livestock.
• They dump the milk.
• DUST BOWL
During the 30's, the midwestern United States experienced one of the worst droughts on
record.
As a result, dust storms kicked up.
Dust storms were often massive clouds of dust and wind which could roam for miles.
The ground was flat, which allowed these dust storms to reach massive sizes. The winds
from these storms began to erode topsoil, which was vital for the growth of crops.
This gave rise to the DUST BOWL MIGRATION.
People went westward to escape the dust storms.
• KEYNSIAN ECONOMICS
This economic ideology basically involved spending a great amount of money, which would
obviously create a deficit, in order to jump start an economy.
It is spending money that a country doesn't have.
RELIEF
RECOVERY
REFORM
**THIS WAS LIKE A SECOND PROGRESSIVE ERA, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAD AN
ACTIVE HAND IN HELPING OUT THE PEOPLE AND MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY.
• WAGNER ACT
Gave rise to the National Labor Relations Board
Basically, if you were ever discriminated against in the work place, you may ask the
government for help.