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=The 1930’s=

During the 1930’s, a devastating event called the Great Depression took place. This event happened when the stock market crashed. It caused many people to lose large sums of money. Also, Oklahoma was affected by the Dust Bowl. His just added to the devastation of the Depression. People proclaimed,” We had everything but money.” There were two presidents during that time. The other one was Herbert Hoover who was elected in 1928. One was Franklin Roosevelt who was elected in 1932.

=President Hoover= . President Hoover was in office from 1928-1932. He was born on August 1874, he died on October 20th, 1964. He was met with the Great Depression in his first year of presidency. He tried to bring back the economy with volunteer efforts and some government efforts. His attempts were unsuccessful at the time though. Some historians say that this was mainly why he lost the election to Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. Hoover’s first employment was as a mining engineer in Australia. He then became a humanitarian when World War 1 started. Finally, Hoover was elected as president in 1928 after years of radio conferences. Before he became president though, he was the Secretary of Commerce.

=President Roosevelt=

Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, and died on April 12, 1945. He was the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms. Roosevelt is consistently ranked one of the three top presidents due to his handling of the nation during a time of economic crisis and war. He started his career in politics in New York, where he was a senator. He then became an assistant secretary in the Navy. In 1920 he was knocked out of an election for Vice President. For the last for years before his election, Roosevelt was New York’s governor. On March 17, 1905 he was married to Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1921 he diagnosed with polio. He fought hard to regain usage of his legs. =media type="youtube" key="OHoSUBzO0f0&rel=1" height="355" width="425"=

He created the New Deal to help unemployed families find money. President Roosevelt won four consecutive elections. When he was elected, there wee 13,000,00 unemployed and almost all banks were closed. = =

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The Dustbowl in the 1930's was actually caused by poor farming techniques. Farmers in Oklahoma were greatly affected by the rapid dust storms. These dust storms were so unavoidable, dust could even reach underneath the hood of a car.

Farmers also were at the weather's mercy. If their crops could not survive multiple dust storms, they would not be able to make a living and would starve. You may be saying that there is no way that the Great Depression actually affected people this far away from cities. It actually did though. If cities were broke, and banks were closed, the farmers could not get money easily either. = = = = = = = = = = = = =http://www.youtube.com/watch?= [|History and Culture: Oklahoma in the 1930s] [|Surviving the Dust Bowl]