Panama Canal |
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How would a ship travel across the Panamanian Isthmus? Here's a quick demonstration.Â
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Life for workers in the Canal Zone was filled with hardships: constant rain, backbreaking work, racial tension, and the constant fear of yellow fever or malaria
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
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Imogene Glover was growing up in the Panhandle of Oklahoma when devastating dust storms swept across the Southern Plains.Â
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
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For an average salary of $41.57 a month, Works Progress Administration employees built bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports.
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
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In 1933, Hugh Hammond Bennett was made director of the Soil Erosion Service, which worked to combat erosion caused by dust storms.
Into the Amazon |
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The remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon in 1914.
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
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The Dust Bowl prompted the largest migration in American history; by 1940, 2.5 million had moved out of the Plains states.
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
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For nearly a decade, drought gripped the Great Plains. Explore a timeline of events.Â
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
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April 14, 1935, dawned clear across the plains. Then a huge black cloud appeared on the horizon, approaching fast.
Panama Canal |
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In 1932, FDR was elected on a campaign promising a New Deal for the American people.Â
Surviving the Dust Bowl |
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A Kansas wheat farmer witnessed the searing drought and relentless winds that crippled the southern Great Plains during the 1930s.
Panama Canal |
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In 1914 the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans.
