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    and livestock. One such incident caused from over farming of the land is the Dust Bowl which occurred in the 1930’s in the southern Great Plains of the United States. Through an overabundance of farming and livestock grazing, native grasses were removed and soil structure was altered (Withgott & Laposata, 2014). This contributed to the erosion of topsoil. When the drought in the area worsened, strong winds pushed massive dust storms up to 1250 miles, with blackening rain and snow all the way to…

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    Dust Bowl Refugee Analysis

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    hopefulness the “Okies” exuded on their trek to find the American Dream which was taken out from under them. Songs like, Dust Bowl Refugee and Dust Bowl Blues highlight the struggle of the migrant workers who Guthrie was traveling with. In these Lyrics from Dust Bowl Refugee a picture of an “Okie’s” family is painted, and the lingering question is asked “Will I always be a dust bowl…

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    Dust Bowl Research Paper

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    a buttload of dust and sand , with Strong winds, where you get to the point where you can't even breath and having to keep your eyes closed . Well that's what it's like being in a dust bowl. The dust bowl was a natural disaster that occurred around 1930-1940. Many homes and farms were affected by all this . Homes were destroyed and farms were completely dry, which meant no crops. For 8 years dust blew on the southern plains. People in cities were affected by this dust bowl and lands on…

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    some major illustrations of major droughts in just the U.S.A that was gathered from history.com. One of the most communal droughts in history is The Dust Bowl. This drought occurred from the years 1931-1939. During the time of the drought, there were dust clouds that shaped and made it hard for plants, animals, and humans to breathe. The heat and dust storms caused 5,000 Americans and the addition of 1,100 Canadians left to die due to not being able to breathe clean healthy air. During 1987-1989…

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    condition and the dust bowl. Some of the challenges the family faces because of this are drought, death, and job loss. First of all, atmospheric conditions and the dust bowl caused death. The dust bowl was caused because of the farmers over cropping it had no mercy for anyone that was caught in it. The dust bowl caused death because there was so much dirt in the air that it suffocated people. In the book, the dust is described as “evenly mixed with the air, an emulsion of dust…

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    Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse is a historical fiction book about a little girl named Billie Joe that lives during the Dirty Thirties or the Dust Bowl as many people call it. A historical fiction book is defined as a made-up story that is set in the past, but takes place during an actual even that has happened. Historical fiction has many benefits for children such as teaching historical events, allows children to develop and makes d understanding about the past and how to learn from things that…

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    involved in the novel are Tim Joad, Jim Casy, Pa Joad, Ma Joad, and Rose of sharon. This novel is to be well known for the significance and important moments that are mentioned throughout the novel in America. This novel was constructed during the Dust Bowl era and the Great Depression and also remained to be connected because of the impoverished economic period that U.S. has been dealing with over the century. The novel illustrates how a small farming family known as the Joads, they experience…

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    1890’s, they plowed under the grass (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). Grass keeps soil from drying out, and it keeps the soil from blowing away (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). The number of acres of wheat in the Great plains tripled in the 1920’s and the total cultivated land in the US was at it’s highest in the 1930’s, reaching 530 million acres (“ Dust…

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    I chose to analyze the song Dust Storm Disaster by Woody Guthrie. The overall message of this song is what the people who lived during the Dust Bowl had seen and had gone through. Guthrie’s lyrics explained how terrible the dust storms were and resulted in a family move. The song lyrics that expressed the message throughout the song was “...You could see that dust storm comin', the cloud looked deathlike black ...We rattled down that highway to never come back again.” The descriptive lyrics…

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    it impossible for the people, especially farmers to survive. The Dust Bowl, also called the Black Blizzard, is ruining the lives of farmers. Farmers cannot pay their loans back to the bank because they do not own anything. Almost all of the farms are being foreclosed on, and an extreme drought is taking over the Great Plains. The soil is poor and becoming dust. The winds are picking up and are turning into a giant dust storms. The dust storms are making it hard for people to breathe,…

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