... thru the great depression as well as dealing with the looming threat of World War II. I feel like that the dust bowls were even harder for the people to deal with from a psychological standpoint because the country was suffering thru a great depression and also dealing with an upcoming war and then ... eastern seaboard and the people who came to the region thought they were coming into a great opportunity and would be able to better provide for themselves and for their families. But instead of it being an escape from the troubles they had just left they ended up getting themselves into a...

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