The Roosevelt New Deal Program

Part I of Essay
The Great Depression was a big event in U.S. history. It lasted through the 1930s and everyone's life changed during that time. One of the causes for the Great Depression was the stock market crash. From the end of World War I in 1919 the stock market prices kept rising. ....

Part II of Essay
.... a lot. Many of these people lived in the Dust Bowl. A stretch of land in between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains. The Dust Bowl was called that because of a massive drought that hit during the Great Depression years. Winds carried all of the top soil away and blocked roads. Some people were stranded inside their houses for a few hours until the wind carried the sand away from the doors. Neighbors threw parties to help friends out. The parties were a way to get food and a smile. People waited in huge lines out side of shelters waitin ....