I. Introduction a) Imagine being in the Midwest and then seeing a giant dust cloud. b) General info about Dust Bow. c) Because the Midwest became a failing region, many dreams were crushed. d) In the 1930's better known as "the dirty thirties", the dust bowl effected thousands of farmers and their families in the Southwest/Midwest.…
In the photo to the left, there is a 32-year old woman sitting in what appears to be a makeshift tent with her young child over her left shoulder and her infant new-born in her arms (“Migrant”). The mother and her older child are wearing raggedy clothing and have expressions that look either exhausted, sad or both. It can be determined that this photo was taken in Nipomo, California in 1936, during the time of the Great Depression based on the caption of the photo (“Migrant”). The photograph is of Florence Thompson who was a “migrant worker” at the time this photograph was taken (Migrant). Thompson and her family were victims of the Dust Bowl and had to leave behind their farm and their home to escape the destruction of the Dust Bowl and…
The Great Plains of the 1930’s was given the name dust bowl because of the massive dust storms caused by the failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion. Most people don't know that grass is an anchor for our soil. When farmers plow the grass up for miles at a time to plant wheat. These tactics mixed with the factors of drought, light soil and high winds cause a catastrophic chain of events known as the “black blizzards” or dust storms. These storms drove off over half of the Great Plain population because of the deaths of cattle and their ravaged pastures.…
If farmers tried new techniques the government would pay those farmers extra. 3.The Drought was considered a dry season that lasted for about a decade. It caused high temperatures, high winds, and no rainfall. 4.The Dust Bowl got its name from a journalist traveling through the region. 5.The states of Texas, Oklahoma, western Kansas, eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico were included in the Dust Bowl.…
The 1930’s was a struggling time for people in the West because of the Dust Bowl, causing lots of problems with the way the people live and their land. This essay is going to explain how the Dust Bowl had developed and the different problems and effects on the people living in the West. To start off, the development of the Dust Bowl started off in 1930 but getting its name in April 15, 1935. The Dust Bowl as stated in passage 1 “The drought hit first in the eastern part of the country in 1930.…
The dirt to lost moisture and became loose due to the lack of rainfall. If no grass is in place to secure the soil, like in the 1930s, the dirt will be blown around, contributing to the development developing of a dust storm. Therefore, the drought that occurred during the 1930s certainly was a factor in causing the Dust Bowl. Although the…
Prior to migrating, they were farmers that ended up losing their land and homes due to the Dust Bowl; a series of dust storms in the United States caused…
Have you ever seen or heard of a drought so bad that it turned nice green hills into a desert of sand and dirt? Starting in the 1930s, in the eastern part of the country, a very bad drought did just that. It made its way west, and by 1934 it turned the Great Plains into a desert. In 1935 this drought was dubbed the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl had a huge effect on the daily lives of people and their homes, it wreaked havoc on their economy, and destroyed their land.…
What Franklin D. Roosevelt did to help The Great Depression Roosevelt took office in 1933 Introduced the "New Deal" April 14, 1935 Herman Goertzen He has lived his whole life on farms near Henderson, Nebraska, eventually owning his own farm. He was one of the first farmers to use groundwater irrigation in the state. The End Historians point to the fall of 1939 as the end of the Dust Bowl…
Prior to 1930, the area of the United States between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains (Great Plains) was lush with natural prairieland vegetation and abundant rainfall. It was these characteristics which made it seem ideal for westward development across the United States. However, during the 1930’s, the Great Plains endured a nine year period of severe droughts which lead to intense dust storms which killed crops, livestock and people. This time period has been consequently been labeled as the Dust Bowl.…
The Dust Bowl also had made breathing very difficult and caused respiratory problems. Asthma, bronchitis, influenza, and coughing spasms were all signs of inhaling dust. Children would put material over their faces to try not to breathe dirt and debris in the air. Still many died from dust pneumonia particularly infants, children, and the…
The dust bowl was one of the harshest and most destructive man made “natural” disasters in its time period. The Dust Bowl negatively affected people who lived there in a personal way. The lives of people were at stake during. When people could not handle the weather or had their homes taken from them, they moved westward to California. Not only were the people of this area struggling, so was the economy.…
Farmers tore up the topsoil and when the drought and wind came the poor farming methods allowed it to take the top sail away, resulting in a desert like landscape. Many natural events also helped cause the Dust Bowl. When the rain stopped it kill the plants and old root systems of the plains, this allowed the dirt to be loose on the surface. When the winds came they had no problem of taking soil with it creating small twisters on the fields. After the winds continued without rain it escalated and eventually the harmless twisters turned…
The Dust Bowl was bad, because their drought lasted for longer than the Depression did for the city dwellers, but personally I think it was worse for the city dwellers. The farmers could eat their animals, eat animal products like eggs, and can things from their orchards which lasted a little longer than the crops, whereas the city dwellers only source of food was shipped in, or through the soup kitchens. During the Depression most of the workers could not afford anything from the store to feed a family 3 meals a day. Most of the farmers moved out to attempt to find work after a few years of the drought, so they did not starve as long as the city dwellers even though theirs lasted longer. The farm dwellers also did not have to pay as much for heating their homes.…
The Dust Bowl affected everyone living in the Great Plains. Some people moved to California to find new job opportunities, while most stayed behind and waited it out. This essay will be explaining the cause of the Dust Bowl, where it affected, and who it affected. This paragraph will be explaining where the Dust Bowl affected and the cause of it. The driest regions were southeastern Colorado, southwest Kansas, and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas.…