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What factors led to the physical devastation of much of the great plains in the 1930s?
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The Dust Bowl of 1930 was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent erosion.
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Which book describes how the Dust Bowl of the 1930s affected farmers of the Great Plains?
The Grapes of Wrath
What was the name given to the area of the southern great plains severely damaged by droughtsdust stroms and misuse of the landby farmers during the 1930s?
That was the Dust Bowl.
What ecologically devastated area of the country became known as the Dust Bowl?
The Great Plains were the area affected by the loss of agricultural land in the 1930s.
How did environmental changes in the great plains lead to changes in America?
The "Dust Bowl" was the loss of farmland to drought and erosion in the 1930s. Many farmers left the Great Plains during the height of the Great Depression (1934-1936) and migrated to other areas, especially California, where some found work as migrant laborers.
What are the effects of the dust bowl migration?
The mass migration to California was spurred by a natural disaster. In the mid-1930s a severe drought stuck the Great Plains. Winds picked up the topsoil that had loosened and dried, turning 50-million-acre region into a wasteland.
What ecological devastation area of the country became known as the dust bowl?
The Great Plains were the area affected by the loss of agricultural land in the 1930s.
What human activity contributed to the dust storms in the great plains in the 1930s?
Dry land farming and overgrazing contributed to the dust storms in the Great Plains in the 1930s.
What ecological factor made agriculture diffcult on the great plains in the 1930s?
Insufficient Rainfall
What is the loss of soil on south great plains in 1930s called?
The Great Dust Bowl
How did many Americans try to escape the dust bowl in the 1930s?
They moved from the great plains
Which book describes how the Dust Bowl of the 1930s affected farmers of the Great Plains?
The Grapes of Wrath
How did many Americans try to escape the 'Dust Bowl' in the 1930s?
they moved from the great plains
What name was given to the plains farmers and others who migrated west during the 1930s?
They were called Sodbusters. In the open Plains they lacked trees so they used sod to build their homes
Why were so many Americans living in the Great Plains forced to migrate west during the 1930s?
Drought and massive dust storms worsened economic conditions in the Great Plains.
What factors contributed to farmers' difficulties in the 1920s to 1930s?
the great depression.
What factors are involved in the term okie in Grapes of Wrath?
In "The Grapes of Wrath," the term "okie" is used to refer to migrants from Oklahoma who were displaced by the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. The factors involved in the term's usage include issues of social class, discrimination, and the struggle for survival during a time of economic hardship and environmental devastation in the 1930s. The slang term was often used pejoratively to stereotype and demean these migrants.
What factors contributed to the social unrest of the 1930s and 1940's?
Racial discrimination.
