Iowa Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Depression, World War II and manufacturing, 1930β1985=== The transition from an agricultural economy to a mixed economy happened slowly. The [[Great Depression]] and World War II accelerated the shift away from [[smallholding|smallholder]] farming to larger farms, and began a trend of urbanization. The period after World War II witnessed a particular increase in manufacturing operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html|title=History of Iowa|website=publications.iowa.gov|last=Schwieder|first=Dorothy|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=September 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903191039/http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1975, Governor Robert D. Ray petitioned President Ford to allow Iowa to accept and resettle [[Tai Dam]] refugees fleeing the Indochina War.<ref>Walsh, Matthew. ''The Good Governor: Robert Ray and the Indochinese Refugees of Iowa'' (McFarland & Co, 2017)</ref> An exception was required for this resettlement as State Dept policy at the time forbid resettlement of large groups of refugees in concentrated communities; an exception was ultimately granted and 1200 Tai Dam were resettled in Iowa. Since then Iowa has accepted thousands of refugees from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Bhutan, and Burma.<ref>Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, Iowa Department of Human Rights. ''State of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Iowa, 2015''</ref> The [[farm crisis]] of the 1980s caused a major recession in Iowa, causing poverty not seen since the Depression.<ref>The Midwest Farm Crisis of the 1980s, [http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id395.htm Tripod.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706051758/http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id395.htm |date=July 6, 2008 }}</ref> The crisis spurred a major, decade-long population decline.<ref name="iwin.iwd.state.ia.us">Population Trends: The Changing Face of Iowa, [http://iwin.iwd.state.ia.us/iowa/ArticleReader?itemid=00003011 State.ia.us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006013221/http://iwin.iwd.state.ia.us/iowa/ArticleReader?itemid=00003011 |date=October 6, 2006 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page