Donald Woster, the Hall of Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas, once said “Suddenly there appeared on the northern horizon a black blizzard, moving toward them; there was no sound, no wind, nothing but an immense ‘boogery’ cloud.” This quote sums up the horror of the infamous Dust Bowl. However, this was not the first time that a natural disaster had a personal or economic effect on the country. In 1896 when The East St. Louis tornado hit Missouri, ten million dollars worth of land and buildings were destroyed (noaa.gov). America had witnessed the capability of a single natural disaster, and the economic effect was monstrous. The same thing was true for the Dust Bowl. The fact that such a huge natural disaster could seemingly come out of
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Things were great, America was in the roaring twenties! But then the surplus began growing at an alarming rate, all because Europe had managed to grow their own food, and were able to sustain themselves without the help of the United States. Europe had had problems growing food and sustaining themselves after WWI and so the United States were there for the rescue. But now that Europe no longer needed our help the U.S. had nowhere to put all their surplus, not thinking about this farmers kept farming in large quantities with their old farming methods. “Because of sudden rise in surplus prices fell and people were selling their all their stocks in fear that the value would go down” (Davis). Poor farming methods were used. Farming methods used in the East weren't working in the west when it was needed the most. “No one knew that the next ten years would probably be the worst years of their entire life” (“Modern American Poetry”). this all led up to the infamous dust bowl, an unlikely combination of Stocks, things getting better in Europe, and poor farming
Things were great, America was in the roaring twenties! But then the surplus began growing at an alarming rate, all because Europe had managed to grow their own food, and were able to sustain themselves without the help of the United States. Europe had had problems growing food and sustaining themselves after WWI and so the United States were there for the rescue. But now that Europe no longer needed our help the U.S. had nowhere to put all their surplus, not thinking about this farmers kept farming in large quantities with their old farming methods. “Because of sudden rise in surplus prices fell and people were selling their all their stocks in fear that the value would go down” (Davis). Poor farming methods were used. Farming methods used in the East weren't working in the west when it was needed the most. “No one knew that the next ten years would probably be the worst years of their entire life” (“Modern American Poetry”). this all led up to the infamous dust bowl, an unlikely combination of Stocks, things getting better in Europe, and poor farming