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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The Dust Bowl was a treacherous storm‚ which occurred in the 1930’s‚ that affected the midwestern people‚ for example the farmers‚ and which taught us new technologies and methods of farming. As John Steinbeck wrote in his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath: "And then the dispossessed were drawn west- from Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas‚ families‚ tribes‚ dusted out. Carloads‚ caravans‚ homeless and hungry; twenty thousand and fifty thousand and a hundred thousand and two
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The Dust Bowl began on Thursday‚ April 18‚ 1935‚ it was a huge‚ black‚ cloud of dirt‚ piled up on the western horizon. This storm was enormous and deadly. The Dust Bowl affected Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ parts of Kansas‚ Colorado‚ and New Mexico. These states were vulnerable to the dust storm due to their lack of rainfall‚ light soil‚ and high winds. As a result‚ soil lacked the the strong roots of grass in order to stay in place‚ this made it easier for high‚ hectic winds to get a hold of the soil. Years
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The Dust Bowl Odyssey begins with an excerpt from the famous novel The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck. The novel told the story of the Joad family during the depression era and their journey from Oklahoma to California in hopes of getting their lives back on track. The book‚ which was written in 1939‚ was Steinbecks attempt to not only describe the plight of migrant farm workers during the Depression but to also offer sharp criticism of the polities that has caused the predicament in the
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welcome to the Dust Bowl. During the 1880s‚ farmers fled to the Southern Great Plans after hearing word that it was great for planting wheat. However there was an awful drought in the 1890s‚ which caused some farmers to leave. Most stayed‚ though‚ because those who stayed for three years got 320 acres of land. Farmers were having great success with their wheat up until the 1930s. During the 1930s‚ drought killed all of the wheat‚ and farmers and their families were struck with horrible dust storms. These
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The Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl began on April 14‚ 1935. It followed the drought of 1930‚ which left the farmlands on the Great Plains dead and dry. Farmers discontinued farming and left the crops open to the strong winds. Winds grew and continued to pick up the loose‚ dry soil forming clouds of dust. The vast grasslands that once occupied this region were killed due to over grazing and the three-year long drought. The lands were easy eroded by the wind without the protection of these thick
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the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl‚ also referred to as the “Dirty Thirties‚” was a time of extremely disastrous dust storms that significantly affected the agriculture of the U.S. Promised cheap land‚ farmers engulfed the Southern Plains and began to plow the land to grow wheat‚ not taking into consideration the climate and soil or ecology of the land; and there was the biggest mistake made in the Dust Bowl. During the drought of the 1930s‚ the soil was turned into dust and the wind blew the dust in huge
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Causes of the Dust Bowl One of the most devastating environmental crises that occurred in the United States was the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl began shortly after the Great Depression began in 1929 and lasted throughout the 1930’s. It affected everyone‚ farmers and consumers alike‚ in its path negatively. The Dust Bowl of the 1930’s was caused by four major factors: drought‚ climate misconception‚ poor land management‚ and most importantly‚ wind erosion. The first of the four major factors is drought
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time. It shows there poverty 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
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The Dust Bowl: The Era of Destruction The 1920’s was a horrible time for all‚ especially those from the midwest‚ and those farmers now had to use new and improved methods involving machines and new revolutions to increase the speed and growth of their extravagant crops. But now the damage is done‚ because World War 1 is over. Most thought this destruction was at an end and only good was to come‚ but in 1931 things took a turn for the worst and more devastation piled on from an era known as the “Dirty
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