Dust Bowl Drought

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The Great depression was a miserable time. The droughts came and the stock market crashed so there was no way to make money and even the rich became poor

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In between 1932 and 1939 most farm lands were prone to these droughts but during this the soil could not take it anymore and became vulnerable during this time millions of acres of natural grass were sod to plant wheat during the years. In 1935 congress passed the soil conservation act,

People started teaching others how to make soil less vulnerable to the water and wind erosion.

Many people and programs were involved in the solution to help the farmers with their farms

In between 1932 and 1939 most farm lands were prone to these droughts but during this the soil could not take it anymore

The northern Plains were not so badly affected, but nonetheless, the drought, windblown dust and agricultural decline were no strangers to the north. ... Poor agricultural practices and years of sustained drought caused the Dust Bowl.

The Dust Bowl is a distant memory, but the odds of such a drought happening again are increasing The impacts on agriculture could be dire, but fortunately, the next major drought will not cause a second dust bowl, as we are now better able to prevent soil erosion. A "Hooverville" was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.

were migrant farmers moving from Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas to California during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

In between 1932 and 1939 most farm lands were prone to these droughts but during this the soil could not take it anymore and became vulnerable during this time millions of acres of natural grass were sod to plant wheat during the years. In 1935 congress passed the soil conservation