Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

In the 1930's farmers were usually safe from the great depression because they could feed themselves off their own food. Unfortunatly, during the great depression the great plains were hit hard with drought and huge waves of dust that would kill some people and destroy  their crops. When the dust storms damaged the crops, not only could the small farmer not feed himself and his family, he could not pay back his debt. Banks would then foreclose on the small farms and the farmer's family would be both homeless and unemployed. The Great Depression was a massive crash in the economy resulting in the United Stateas going into prosperity. This Depression lasted til 1942. This lack of consumer spending caused additional businesses to cut back wages or, more drastically, to lay off some of their workers. Some businesses couldn't stay open even with these cuts and soon closed their doors, leaving all their workers unemployed.

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Article 1 and 2

For question one, The first article is about politics and what you want to do as yoour american dream, and the second article is all about the money. The second question asks about the technique and evidence of articles, and the first article talks about taxes and budgets and how Obama and othe political people have changed our american dream. The second article talks about money and what you do for a living as your american dream. The 3rd question is about what author is more trustworthy, and I believe the first author is. The last question is about what technique you like better and I choose the second because I dont really like talking about politics because I dont know a lot about them.