The American economy at the start of the war (World War II) was in shambles due the Great Depression that began in 1929, although after the War the economy was thriving.
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It was caused by farmers farming the same plant over and over which ruined the soil making it dusty and easy to blow in the wind. Many people grew poor and moved to the cities because of it.