The Great Depression forced millions to move, lose jobs and become poor. So many had to move to living in tall, narrow, dark, overcrowded, unhealthy tenement buildings. Most of the poor went even poorer. Hard times hit middle class families as debts. Which means these families could no longer afford their homes. People abruptly took their savings out of the banks as they began to crash. The Dust Bowl drought destroyed farming in the Midwest. Farmers could not afford to harvest crops any longer which forced them to leave in search of work but resulted in most just becoming homeless. President Roosevelt was known to be the “better” president in this time. Some say President Herbert Hoover was the reason for the crisis while some say he was
