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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shrank as 120‚000 Mexicans were banished. In the 1930s‚ farmers from the Midwestern Dust Bowl states‚ especially Oklahoma and Arkansas‚ began to move to California; 250‚000 arrived by 1940‚ including a third who moved into the San Joaquin Valley‚ which had a 1930 population of 540‚000. During the 1930s‚ some 2.5 million people left the Midwest states. The Modesto Bee on September 30‚ 2008 reviewed Dust Bowl migration to California. A series of wet years in the 1920s led farmers to believe
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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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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 Gold Rush is an important event in the history of California. The Gold Rush led to an increase in population. The spread of gold craze came over the whole country and even the whole world. Hundreds of thousand of gold seekers rushed to California‚ hoping to makes their fortunes by land or by sea. They were Americans‚ Europeans‚ South Americans and Chinese. Even soldier and sailor deserted by hundreds to find gold. The gold craze spread to Hawaii‚ Oregon‚ and Utah and even to Mexico‚ Peru and
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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 the dirt that we
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In 1848‚ the Gold Rush was a major factor of the United States expansion. There was this massive open land with the promise of gold and no government or laws to tell people they could not have it. Numerous people from the East coast traveled to California to be a part of the gold. This brought more than men to mine the land. Businessmen and merchants also came to California. With all these people looking for gold they needed every day basics like entertainment‚ places to eat and where to leave
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INTRODUCTION: The Australian gold rush affected Australian society in many ways. One example can be the Eureka Stockade‚ Australia’s only armed protest by gold miners POPULATION: The gold rushes in the second half of the 19th century would completely change the face of Australia. Before 1851‚ Australia’s combined white population was approximately 77‚000. Most of those had been convicts sent by ship over the previous seventy years. The gold rush completely changed that however. In the two
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How did the Australian Gold Rush effect Australia’s immigration and multiculturalism? During the gold rush period‚ immigrants from all around the world came to Australia to find wealth and riches in the gold fields. The majority of these immigrants came from England‚ Ireland‚ Scotland‚ Wales‚ America and Germany. But the largest foreign contingent was China with over 40‚000 coming to work in the gold fields. The Chinese worked in large groups with one leader who was in charge. They worked hard and
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How the gold rush affects San Francisco today San Francisco has been affected by one of the largest migrations in so many different ways. Teams‚ bridges and even restaurants have been named after the SF gold rush. This also was partly why so many people live in the bay area today. The gold rush brought life around San Francisco in the hills where redwood students grow up today. The SF gold rush influenced the names of bridges‚ teams‚ restaurants and even brought life to the city and its surroundings
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