1. What’s your problem city folk?
I’m spending too much money on
FOOD:
Don’t buy as much food.
Plant gardens.
Buy bread and potatoes.
Move in with relatives.
Live in a cardboard box.
I can’t afford my house:
Make your own.
Hand-me-downs.
Can’t afford new CLOTHES:

2. The Depression Hits Rural America

3. The Depression Hits Rural America
Demand for food decreases, which leads to…
A further decrease in crop prices, which results in…
Farmers being unable to keep up with costs.
Over farming of land during the 20s +
Severe drought =
THE DUST BOWL
2. RESULT: The Okie Migration – movement of farmers from the Mid-West to areas of the West searching for a fresh start.

4. Dust Storm
BACK

9. Faces of the Dust Bowl

10. In the words of John Steinbeck,