History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1359 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Farms Lost
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The idea
Nearly seven hundred fifty thousand family farms were lost to foreclosure or bankruptcy between nineteen thirty and nineteen thirty-five, the anchor says.
In practice
Farm families losing land their parents had worked.
Where people slip
The farmers of unit nine, who had missed the boom, now faced the bust as well.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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