Today, we did more blog discussions. I was able to talk about the Dust Bowl. Mr. Bruns told me that in WW1 the government asked the farmers to plant more crops, so they were tilling up the soil, so all of the soil was loose. A little bit of wind and dryness, created the DUST BOWL storms.
Direct relief (welfare) is giving money to people who are less fortunate. Herbert Hoover did not believe in giving people mone, as he thought they just became lazy.
Mr. Bruns talked about his secret obsession for Glee.
He also talked about how women were second class citizens and that they didn't really become equivalents until around thd 1960's.
Everyone suffered during the Great Depression, but children perhaps suffered the most. Some just left their families as they felt they were burdens to their parents.
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