Migrant farm workers who left the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression to seek work elsewhere were known as Okies, a term generally used to represent people from Oklahoma. During the Great Depression, the term was used to refer to people from neighboring states of Oklahoma in an offensive way. The farmers and their families traveled to California, where they were hired as migrant workers for 20 to 25-cents per hour to pick crops.
Drought and over farming
The Dust Bowl impacted Texas society by causing severe economic hardships and widespread agricultural devastation. Many farmers were forced to abandon their land and migrate to other states in search of work. The environmental and economic challenges of the Dust Bowl also led to the implementation of new farming techniques and conservation efforts to prevent future dust storms.
The Dust Bowl conditions began to impact the United States in the 1930s, with severe dust storms and drought affecting the Great Plains region. The worst years were around 1934 to 1937, leading to economic devastation and mass migration of farmers.
"The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan is a book that vividly describes the impact of the Dust Bowl on farmers in the Great Plains during the 1930s. It explores the environmental devastation, economic hardships, and human resilience of those who lived through this challenging period in American history.
The steel plow had just been invented and it ripped through the top soil and grass. This made the earth and soil VERY loose. The dirt created the dust bowl, because all over farmers were buying the steel plows, they were less work. During the dust bowl dust and soil covered EVERYTHING in the south. The farmers couldn't hardly keep anything they planted alive because it would be covered in dirt. Dust storms killed alot of crop and covered not only crop but houses. So it affected farmers by killing crop. At lease if the farmers were in the south it did. They could not pay their loans or afford to buy basics.
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Drought and over farming
The Dust Bowl impacted Texas society by causing severe economic hardships and widespread agricultural devastation. Many farmers were forced to abandon their land and migrate to other states in search of work. The environmental and economic challenges of the Dust Bowl also led to the implementation of new farming techniques and conservation efforts to prevent future dust storms.
The Dust Bowl conditions began to impact the United States in the 1930s, with severe dust storms and drought affecting the Great Plains region. The worst years were around 1934 to 1937, leading to economic devastation and mass migration of farmers.
Oklahoma Dust Bowl farmers who migrated to California to find work.
The most historically famous example of the devastation of the great plains was called the Dust Bowl. Droughts did devastate the Great Plains, but the Dust Bowl was caused by a combination of this and poor farming practices.
The most historically famous example of the devastation of the great plains was called the Dust Bowl. Droughts did devastate the Great Plains, but the Dust Bowl was caused by a combination of this and poor farming practices.
"The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan is a book that vividly describes the impact of the Dust Bowl on farmers in the Great Plains during the 1930s. It explores the environmental devastation, economic hardships, and human resilience of those who lived through this challenging period in American history.
The steel plow had just been invented and it ripped through the top soil and grass. This made the earth and soil VERY loose. The dirt created the dust bowl, because all over farmers were buying the steel plows, they were less work. During the dust bowl dust and soil covered EVERYTHING in the south. The farmers couldn't hardly keep anything they planted alive because it would be covered in dirt. Dust storms killed alot of crop and covered not only crop but houses. So it affected farmers by killing crop. At lease if the farmers were in the south it did. They could not pay their loans or afford to buy basics.
Farmers did not practice crop rotation.
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The "Dust Bowl"