Secretary of State John Hay initiated the Open Door Policy with China in 1899
Dust bowl
They moved from the great plains
they moved from the great plains
the great depression and the dust bowl
In the mid 1930s, a major drought in the mid-west caused dust storms, now known as the Dust Bowl, which forced thousands and thousands of people to flee their homes. This was mainly in Oklahoma.
1930s.
Dust bowl
Many farmers left the great plain because the dust bowl caused droughts and that was really bad for agriculture or farming
The dirty thirties
Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl
Most livestock died of starvation during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
Lowering the land.
Lowering the land.
Kansas
Lowering the land.
The dust bowl was in the 1930s in the central part of the US, known as the High Plains. For more about the Dust Bowl, you can read The Facts About the Dust Bowl at http://history.knoji.com/facts-about-the-dust-bowl/