Well, saying goodbye to the roaring 20’s was bittersweet. Actually, it was just bitter. Bitter and depressing. When the good times from the 20’s caught up to everyone in October of 1929, the markets came crashing down. But why? And did we try and do anything to stop it?
The Great Depression:
https://www.britannica.com/story/causes-of-the-great-depression
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Wall Street Crash of 1929:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/1929-stock-market-crash
Conference on Land Utilization (1931) & the Dust Bowl:
https://archive.org/details/CAT10505778/page/46/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
Reconstruction Finance Corporation:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Reconstruction-Finance-Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great-depression
Federal Home Loan Bank Act:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Home_Loan_Bank_Act
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/federal-home-loan-bank-act.asp