Era Of 1926-1950 Dbq

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America has had its ups and downs, but with every death, comes a birth, and with every disaster, comes a creation or idea. This is why, the era of 1926 -1950 was meaningful to America because of the casualties from Adolf Hitler’s actions, the creation of the Golden Gate Bridge, and the series of severe dust storms during the Dust Bowl.
The first event that made the era of 1926 to 1950 meaningful to America was the casualties of Adolf Hitler’s actions. Adolf Hitler was an Austrian born politician. He was also the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. When Adolf Hitler combined the roles of chancellor

These actions played a part in the start of WWII, which affected the American military, who was allied with the UK and known as the Allies. The Allies fought the Axis powers during WWII, which consisted of Germany, Japan, and Italy. On April 30, 1945, two days after he married his wife, he and his wife committed suicide. When WWII ended on May 8th, 1945, America had lost around 416 thousand US troops. This was meaningful to America because it killed many Jews and Romanis but even more importantly, if Adolf Hitler wasn’t stopped, the majority of the people today would be

The Dust Bowl was severe dust storms that happened in three waves. These dust storms occurred in 1934, 1936, and 1939 - 1940. The Dust storms were centered in a 150 thousand square area. This area stretched from the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles to the neighboring states of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. The extensive deep plowing of the topsoil in the Great Plains during the previous decade was the main factor for these storms. The failure to apply dry land farming was also a factor in these dust storms. These storms affected thousands of families, forcing them to leave their homes. Many of these families moved to California to learn that the Great Depression had left the economic conditions there, close to the same they had left. The people that didn't go to California found a place to hide or died from inhaling the dust. The majority that died from inhaling the dust were infants or teens. It killed almost all, if not all, of the crops in the 150 thousand square area. This was meaningful to America because it had killed many crops, forced many families to leave their homes, and killed around 7,000 people just living their daily lives until an awful