In Karen Hesse’s novel Out of the Dust the declining economy has a substantial impact on people’s lives in this story. Billie Jo describes her experience of the Dust Bowl and depicts the struggles that the citizens of Oklahoma go through when they lose their way of income. The majority of people in this novel were farmers and their livelihood depended on the growth of their crops and their animals. The continuous dust storms destroyed any and all means of economic growth. The dwindling economy affected
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For example‚ starvation from the lack of food and many more of the deaths were caused by dust pneumonia. The Great Depression made people died‚ face discrimination‚ and bankruptcy. First‚ effect of the Great Depression was the large death count. One main factor‚ of these deaths was the dust pneumonia caused by the dust storm. A quote from the book‚ Out of the Dust‚ by Karen Hesse‚ “Pete Guymon took ill with dust pneumonia.” [140] Another‚ factor of the deaths was suicide. People were killing themselves
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GKE Task 1 A. Significant environmental /geographical factors that contributed to the development or expansion of the United States: 1. The Dust Bowl Farmers began to plow and plant wheat crops. When World War 1 began the massive wheat crops helped feed many Americans that in another part of the country try where in the beginning of a depression that was caused by the war. The wheat crops also helped feed numerous nations overseas. A drought that began in the beginning of the 1930’s
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Farmer walking in dust storm Cimarron County Oklahoma This picture‚ by Arthur Rothstein‚ was taken in April of 1936 in Cimarron County‚ Oklahoma (Library of Congress‚ 2008). Rothstein took this photo while in Boise City‚ Oklahoma on an assignment for Roy Stryker‚ of the federal government’s Farm Security Administration‚ to document the severity of the storms and devastation they brought. About 14 miles south of Boise City‚ Rothstein came across Art Coble digging out fence post from a sand drift
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Tuesday‚ April 22‚ 1934 We had another dust storm yesterday. It was pretty bad. It was around 1:30 that it happened. I was outside when I saw it coming. I rushed inside and screamed‚ Dust Storm! Dad rushed inside from sealing one of the windows. Mom stopped cleaning clothes‚ and poured all of the water on any cloth that she could find. Then she hung them up on the inside of the window to catch any dust that came in. Dad went into his room and came back with some masks to put on and protect us from
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During the dust bowl‚ approximately 2.5 million farmers fled from their home‚ approximately 10 of the 2.5 million were led in California into squatter camp or Federal camps (Richardson‚ Sarah). For many farmers‚ conditions got better‚ but for others‚ they faced conditions‚ such as starvation‚ miscarriages‚ beatings and very poor living conditions. As a result of the dust bowl‚ many American farmers were forced to move to California in special areas called Squatter camps and federal camps. Though
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The Dust Bowl of the 1930’s had such an antagonistic effect on the United States economy that was already plummeting. The Dust Bowl affected the U.S economy in just about every way possible ranging from agriculture to finances including government expenses to population changes. This phenomena can be considered as one of the worst natural disasters that has affected the United States. The “Dust Bowl” was the name given to the Great Plains region that was greatly affected by drought in the 1930’s
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and how there tight with their money because they have a lot of people with them in one truck. They are heading west to go find jobs because they are in the time of the Great Depression. They have to hurry in a place because it is the time of the Dust Bowl. It reflects on the time really good and it outlines it will also. There is an old man that doesn’t want leave his land because it is the only thing he had and that’s how most families were back then. To begin‚ my favorite scene in this movie is
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Not only was the “Dust Bowl” one of the most devastating climatic events in American history‚ we cannot even comfortably call it a natural disaster. Rather‚ it was us‚ humanity‚ who played a major role in bringing this calamity upon on ourselves. Indeed‚ one does not need to look further than the 20th century to see that human activity may in fact have immediate consequences on climate. In particular‚ situations can be exacerbated when in unison with the forces of natures. What would otherwise have
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What lessons‚ if any‚ have we learned from the dust bowl catastrophe—about how human actions‚ well-intentioned or not‚ can lead to environmental damage? Is there anything comparable on the horizon today?225). What lessons‚ if any‚ have we learned from the dust bowl catastrophe—about how human actions‚ well-intentioned or not‚ can lead to environmental damage? Is there anything comparable on the horizon today? Drawing on more contemporary examples of environmental disasters or concerns‚ write a paper
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