1. the soil had lost it's nurtients so they couldn't farm it. 2. They couldn’t buy land 3. The bank foreclosed on their land: took their land because they were unable to pay their mortgage. 4. They were in debt, because they couldn't grow crops to sell. 5. They didn’t have electricity.
It provided affordable electricity for isolated rural areas. What problems did students and other young people face? They were unemployed (didn't have jobs), they were poor (poverty), they felt hopeless and had loss of dignity (did not respect themselves) and didn't have spending $$.
Almost the whole of Europe and its colonial empires mobilized to wage World War I, directing almost all aspects of life including industry, finance, labor, and food production toward military purposes.
The statement that is true in the Pacific theater during World War II is that the Navajo Indians in the U.S. Marine Corps developed an unbreakable code using their native language.