Cause Of The Dust Bowl
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 or twice; but over and over for the better part of the decade; day after day, year after year, of sand rattling against the window, of fine powder caking one’s lips, of springtime turned to despair….” (Document A), tells us that these storms have happened over a great deal of the 1930’s. Each storm has damages the town, or even state in which it occurred; “‘cattle quickly became blinded. They ran in circles until they fall and breathe so much dust they die.’” (Ducoment A, Margaret Bourke-White), shows us that what happens to cattle, is very similar on what happens to humans. …show more content…
Poor land was a cause because there wasn’t very many nutrients, or even healthy grass; there was only buffalo grass, which wasn’t very healthy. “Dry land farming on the Great Plains led to the systematic destruction of the prairie grasses. In the ranching regions, dry soil destroyed large areas of grassland. Gradually, the land was laid bare, and significant environmental damage began to occur.” ( ( http://www.loc.gov ) , which explains that dry soil damaged the land, and it wasn’t that hard for the strong winds to come across and blow the dust all
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 or twice; but over and over for the better part of the decade; day after day, year after year, of sand rattling against the window, of fine powder caking one’s lips, of springtime turned to despair….” (Document A), tells us that these storms have happened over a great deal of the 1930’s. Each storm has damages the town, or even state in which it occurred; “‘cattle quickly became blinded. They ran in circles until they fall and breathe so much dust they die.’” (Ducoment A, Margaret Bourke-White), shows us that what happens to cattle, is very similar on what happens to humans. …show more content…
Poor land was a cause because there wasn’t very many nutrients, or even healthy grass; there was only buffalo grass, which wasn’t very healthy. “Dry land farming on the Great Plains led to the systematic destruction of the prairie grasses. In the ranching regions, dry soil destroyed large areas of grassland. Gradually, the land was laid bare, and significant environmental damage began to occur.” ( ( http://www.loc.gov ) , which explains that dry soil damaged the land, and it wasn’t that hard for the strong winds to come across and blow the dust all