1930–1940: Depression, the New Deal, and the Gathering Storm
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The 1930s opened with the United States already sinking deeper into the worst economic crisis in its history. Banks failed by the thousands. One in four workers lost their jobs. Drought and dust storms turned the southern plains into a wasteland, driving families from their land. In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt promised a “new deal for the American people.” Over the next years the federal government launched an unprecedented wave of relief, recovery, and reform programs while ordinary Americans…
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