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    Children and animals died from dust pneumonia due to the dust bowl. In the southern plains‚ (Nebraska‚ Denver‚ Kansas‚ New Mexico‚ and Oklahoma). Farmers were hit by giant storms of dust. They had to cover every open space with a wet cloth so dust didn’t get in‚ not move in bed‚ and eat jack rabbit stew because that’s was what was cheap enough to eat.(background document‚ Dust bowl mini-q)Many of the farmers stayed‚ but some left. The farmers made profit during the war‚ but what it high must come

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    What Caused The Dust Bowl? ““A trip to water to rinse the grit from our lips.And then back to back to bed with washcloths over our noses. We try to lie still‚ because every turn stirs the dust on the blanket. After a while‚ if we are good sleepers‚ we forget.””(Doc. A) It was the 1930’s‚ farms are dying‚ people are leaving‚ and you are left with a choice do you stay or do you leave? The government is offering 320 free acres of land to anyone who can survive three years. Three years of what though

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    Dust Storms In The 1930's

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    this time‚ dust storms swept the nation‚ which were both destructive‚ and massive. Over farming made the soil very poor. American citizens migrated to California in the hundreds of thousands. In short‚ over farming led to gargantuan dust storms causing the dust bowl‚ forcing the development of new farming techniques‚ and government programs. In fact‚ dust storms got so bad‚ life in the thousands were dying from dust pneumonia and suffocation (The Dust Bowl 3). This Shows how serious the dust storms

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    In the 1930 large areas of Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ Kansas‚ New Mexico‚ and Colorado were hit by one of the worst dust storms in America’s history.The dust storm destroyed the land and most of the population‚ almost everyone packed up and moved west. From the 1900 to 1930 families built farms in an area of mostly grassland so crops were hard to grow. In 1931 a drought spread across the middle of the nation‚ they were already suffering from the stock market crash of 1929 and the great depression. From 1931

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    matters worse violent dust storms wreaked havoc on parts of Nebraska‚ Colorado‚ Kansas‚ New Mexico‚ Texas‚ and Oklahoma causing damage to homes‚ crops‚ herds of animals‚ and people living in the area. These series of storms was called the Dust Bowl that lasted nearly a decade. The Dust Bowl was caused by the loss of short grass on the prairie‚ over farming and its harsh treatment‚ and the lack of rain causing severe drought. All of these elements had a huge role in the Dust Storms that occurred during

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    Out of the Dust

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    Susan Wells Block 2 Janurary 20‚ 2015 Out of the Dust By Karen Hesse Out of the Dust is about a young girl named Billy Jo Kelby who is living in the dust bowl with her Mother‚ Father‚ and unborn brother Franklin. Billy Jo is going through a rough time right now because one night a fire broke out and burned her‚ her momma‚ and her unborn brother. Billy Jo’s mother died giving birth to her baby brother and soon after that when her Aunt came to get the baby‚ he had passed away. Now it is

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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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    The Dust Bowl

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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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    In the Dust During the dust bowl era tenant farmers would sit and watch their crops fail again and again. The dust bowl is known as the most economically devastating natural disaster in the United States. Severe drought and wicked dust storms would ruin crops causing farmers to become poor‚ and no matter what they did their land would continuously be destroyed. The constant failure and mass destruction of farms caused more and more farmers to become unemployed. The calamitous Dust Bowl was a main

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    Lawn Bowls

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    [pic] Rules on how to play the Lawn Bowls Game Lawn Bowls is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called lawn bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (called the Jack) than one’s opponent is able to do. The Lawn Bowls game is usually played on a large‚ rectangular‚ precisely levelled and manicured grass or synthetic surface known as a bowling green‚ but an indoor variation on carpet is also played. Lawn Bowls is a popular game in the United Kingdom

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