As part of a five-state region affected by severe drought and soil erosion‚ the "Dust Bowl" as it was called was result of several factors. Cyclical drought and farming of marginally productive acreage was exacerbated by a lack of soil conservation methods. Because the disaster lasted throughout the 1930’s‚ the lives of every Plains resident and expectations of farming the region changed forever. The settlement and development of the Southern Plains came relatively late. Not recognizing the problems
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Life During the Dust Bowl The Great Depression which began in 1929 and ended in 1939 was the worst economic disaster in history. There were many factors playing into the cause of the depression but here I am going to talk about the effects of the depression. What became known as the dust bowl hit the country in 1930 and by 1934 severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion had turned the midwest into a desolate wasteland. Our very own home state of Kansas
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The Dust Bowl of the 1930s The decade that became known as the "Dirty Thirties" was literally quite what its name implied-dirty! During the period of 1930-1940‚ located in the heart of the Great Plains of the United States‚ was a series of massive dust storms and long-term drought. Another well-earned nickname this region was known for was the Dust Bowl. The Great Depression occurred at this time as well and added to the suffering placed upon the many poor farmers of the Southwest region. What
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Krysta Howard Jeffrey Schulze History 1302‚ Section 001 2 March 2012 The Dust Bowl Donald Worster believed the Dust Bowl was “the inevitable outcome of a culture that deliberately‚ self-consciously‚ set itself that task of dominating and exploiting the land for all it was worth”(Worster‚ 4). He investigated this phenomenon‚ which took place in the “dirty thirties”‚ and came to the conclusion that capitalism was to blame. The inhabitants of the Great Plains responded quite differently than
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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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People’s actions caused the dust bowl. There are many reasons why people caused the dust bowl. People used the wrong agricultural practices when farming. “With insufficient understanding of the ecology of the plains‚ farmers had conducted extensive deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains during the previous decade; this had displaced the native‚ deep-rooted grasses that normally trapped soil and moisture even during periods of drought and high winds.” ("Dust Bowl" ). Farmers didn’t know
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The Dust Bowl of the Southern Great Plains caused a lot of trauma to not only humans‚ but also animals. The dust bowl was a huge dust storm that covered states such as Kansas‚Texas‚ western Oklahoma‚ eastern Colorado‚ and New Mexico. Things such as previous dust storms‚ poor land‚ and low precipitation. All of these resulted in one huge dust storm that killed many. The Dust Bowl was not only one big dust storm out of nowhere; but it was a more severe storm from preceding storms. “And not once
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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 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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Dust being carried and swept all around your home and town basically describes The Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl led to a major decline in an area’s population because large numbers of people moved‚ people left to go to safe states‚ people lost jobs‚ and the number of storms affected the population. To start things off‚ the first reason the population declined is because large numbers and groups of people moved during The Dust Bowl. “Recurrent dust storms wreaked havoc‚ choking cattle and pasture lands
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