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99What are the similarities and differences between the events leading to the great depression and the recession we are...
Sir Dent asked, " What are the similarities and differences between the events leading up to the Great Depression and the recession we are currently experiencing?" That's a great question. I have opinions...
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80The United States Drought and Dust Bowl of 1930-1938
The years of 1930-1938 were a time of drought throughout the United States. This time of drought caused one of the largest population shifts in U.S. History. As the crops died, farmers and their families...
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81How do you survive with no income?
You can survive from self generated income (by that I mean things of value, the currency doesn't necessarily have to be the dollar). The easiest method is to own some land in a decent climate, with a good...
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78US History: The Great Depression
Much occurred in US History before and during the Great Depression. 4,000,000 people were left wandering the country, still looking for work in 1939. The New Deal did bring some relief.
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70Memories Of Sandstorms
Coming out of our school and looking toward the West, the sky would be dark blue like the blue from jars in the past. A storm was on the way and we had better get to shelter! This was a normal reactionary...
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79Immigration Policy in the Depression
"Los Angeles Police Chief Sends Patrolmen to Guard Border" Like the headline? Care to guess when it was printed? February 15, 1936. Here's the kicker question: Which border was being guarded? It wasn't the...
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84Tobacco Road - Poverty and Humor
"Tobacco Road" is the dirt road farmers hauled their harvested tobacco crops along to the market for sale. It means povry and pain. The crops were originally hauled in animal powered wagons during the Plantation Era in the American South. Sometimes, when there were no draft animals left, African slaves themselves pulled the wagons...
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72Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California is world famous as the center of the motion picture industry. The Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is the second most populous in the United States, with 18 million souls in residence. ...
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64Ode to Woody Guthrie
strophe Woody knew America, Knew it from mountains to coast, You think he loved America? Much more than most could boast. He walked and rode it and hitched it, Worked it sweat it and...
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56How Long Has the End Been Coming
Things are Happening Every WhereLuke 21:2525"There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. ...
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