<p>For many Americans, 1930 was a year of struggle as the national economy sank into what became the Great Depression. The stock market and urban unemployment often took center stage, leaving aside the hardships of rural America. None-the-less, a new threat emerged in 1930: drought.</p>

For many Americans, 1930 was a year of struggle as the national economy sank into what became the Great Depression. The stock market and urban unemployment often took center stage, leaving aside the hardships of rural America. None-the-less, a new threat emerged in 1930: drought.

The Forgotten Crisis

Hoover Headline stories tell a quick Herbert Hoover factoid most people have never heard about before. There's a lot of Hoover history you were never taught - here's an easy way to learn about this Iowa native born in a two room cottage, orphaned at age 9, and who went on to feed a billion starving people over his lifetime.

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The Forgotten Crisis

The Forgotten Crisis