How Did The United States Prevent The Dust Bowl?

Dust Bowl The lives of millions were changed when the dust came to town. Crops were lost. Lives were lost. Human dignity was in short supply. This event, which caused dust to squeeze into the tiniest of places, was called the Dust Bowl, and no one was immune from its fury. The Dust Bowl, caused mainly by poor farming practices, had a devastating effect on Oklahoma, but the government intervened and implemented methods to keep another Dust Bowl from occurring. During World War I farmers were asked to up their production for the war. They were profiting now more than ever. After the war was over, farmers were still producing like they were still wat war. They kept increasing their productions trying to reach their all time profits like during World War I, but what they were not realizing is that they were making the demand of that cropt go down. The time after World War I and before the Dust Bowl is known as “The Great Plow Up (Marrin).” When Black Sunday came and all the rain stopped,
Congress passed the Conservation in 1935 (Wilmore). They had to stop deep plowing and started going towards contour plowing. They had to start farming with soybeans and sweet clover because they were really good at keeping the soil together. From the Canadian Border to the Texas Panhandle, they started the shelterbelt project. They planted millions of trees to break up the wind (Marrin 103). Poor farming cause the Dust Bowl, a devastating scene in Oklahoma, yet the government stepped in and prevented it again. Farmers needed to produce more crops during World War I, and they continued those practices after the war ended causing the Dust Bowl. During the Dust Bowl, people had to do many things like sharecropping, help from the government, and covering their face with damp rags to sleep. The government helped the people by, prevented deep plowing, planted soybeans, and planted millions of