17. they hoped to start a new life after the dust bowl years that the weather destroyed all the crops and farms.
18. Along with job crisis and food shortages Mexican- Americans faced deportation.
19. Hoovervilles were shantytown that were made by homeless after the government failed to provide relief after the Great Depression.
Oftentimes, the African residents of regions that became Rich due to exports of local natural resources would take positions of power in government--which sometimes led to corrupt government that became very extractive.