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The 1930’s were plagued with disasters and economic downfalls. One of the most devastating phenomenon was the Dust Bowl, which was caused by severe droughts and over plowing. The droughts made the dirt of the plains turn to dust, and the strong winds of the Great Plains easily picked up the fine powder into a giant cloud of dust. The dust was catastrophic- getting in every crease and corner, and even the human body, which can handle only so many foreign materials. Thousands of people died; however

The printed work of the Dust Bowl written by Donald Worster tells of the devastating man-made events that occurred between 1929 and 1939. Worster described this time in history as the darkest moment life in the southern plains encountered in the twentieth-century (4) which was a time where drought, poverty, and famine were of concern. Worster also ties the Great Depression with the Dust Bowl and said that the same society produced them both because of the weakness of America (5). He strongly believes

October 2017  Outline Thesis: The Dust Bowl of the 1930s forever changed how Americans thought of and treated our farm lands in the Great Plains. Introduction I. Causes of the Dust Bowl A. The Drought in the Great Plains B. Improper Tending of the Land II. People Affected by the Dust Bowl A. Lawrence Srobin, Aris D. Carlson, and John Steinbeck B. Statistics of the Damage C. Farmer’s Problems Before the Dust Bowl III. FDR’s Fix for the Dust Bowl A. Strategic Planting of Trees in the Great

The Dust Bowl began in the 1930s and lasted a decade. It was sometimes referred to as the “Dirty Thirties”, which was the name given to the worst natural and manmade disaster in U.S. history. The lives of thousands, both young and old, were lost due to the damaging effects of the dust. The Dust Bowl started in the Midwest and affected Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and part of Nebraska. However, the physical damage was felt throughout the nation, when the winds took the dust beyond

The Dust Bowl was a treacherous storm, which occurred in the 1930's, that affected the midwestern people, for example the farmers, and which taught us new technologies and methods of farming. As John Steinbeck wrote in his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath: "And then the dispossessed were drawn west- from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas, families, tribes, dusted out. Carloads, caravans, homeless and hungry; twenty thousand and fifty thousand and a hundred thousand and two

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plains became a desolate wasteland, which became known as the Dust Bowl. To make matters even worse the government passed the “Homestead Act” which helped move farmers and settlers into the central part of the U.S once the Native Americans were removed. Most of the settlers farmed their land or grazed cattle during the time which resulted in the loss of crops and loss of livestock because the horde conditions. Another result of the Dust Bowl was farms farming dry land on the Great Plains which led to the

It’s been a praised tradition for almost twenty years. On Super Bowl Sunday, our entire family will gather at my grandfather’s house to watch the big game. My grandfather, Wayne Kellenberger, loves football. He has a few priceless autographed portraits of NFL players, like Reggie White and Joe Montana, whose signatures are written so sloppily, they are almost illegible. Being a die hard Eagles fan, my grandfather “bleeds green.” He has not missed a single Eagles game in over fifteen years! Every

deep in dust.” -Karen Hesse’s Diary, April, 1935 (Dust Bowl Diary Entries). In the 1930s, a phenomenon called the Dust Bowl swept the people of the Great Plains off their feet. This paper defines the Dust Bowl and its impact on the US economy and American citizens. Though most everyone has heard of the Dust Bowl, many people don’t actually know what it is. “When rain stopped falling in the Midwest, farm fields began to dry up” (The Dust Bowl). Much of the nation’s crops couldn’t grow, causing major

An example of symbolism in The Dust Bowl is in the poem “On The Road With Arley” when Billy Joe Said “And every little crowd is grateful to hear a rag or two played on the piano by a long-legged, red-haired girl, even when the piano has a few keys soured by dust.” This is symbolic for the struggle that the family has to deal with because of the drought, dust storms, and their way of life. In this poem, when Billy Joe says “At first Ma crossed her arms against her chest and stared me down, hard-jawed