Causes/Facts/Outcomes
The year the stock market crashed
1929
What caused the farms to struggle
Drought
Why did people leave their homes and ride the railroads
desperation of jobs
What was the main outcome
Poverty
Where did the drought occur
Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma
what is the term we use today for these poeple
"hobo"
What was the Percent rate of unemployment
25%
Where did the farmers migrate due to the drought
The Mid-west
how we're deaths caused during the time
falling under train carts
What was the nick name of the stock market crash of 1929
"Black Tuesday"
How many Hectares of land were destroyed
100 million
how many people died in accidents
6,500
Who was the president during the time
President Hoover
how many farmers migrated to the midwest?
2.5 million
2 million men 8 thousand women