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The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl. 1931. Drought in Midwest and Plains Black blizzards over plowed land. 1933. From 14 dust storms in 1932 to 36 in 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt takes office Banks take four day holiday Government gives $200 million to banks to give loans to farmers in need

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The Dust Bowl

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  1. The Dust Bowl

  2. 1931 • Drought in Midwest and Plains • Black blizzards over plowed land

  3. 1933 • From 14 dust storms in 1932 to 36 in 1933 • Franklin D. Roosevelt takes office • Banks take four day holiday • Government gives $200 million to banks to give loans to farmers in need • Soil erosion education for farmers

  4. Agriculture Strike • 18,000 workers go on strike • Continue for 24 days • Two men, one woman killed • Many others injured • Union reorganized • Workers get 25% raise

  5. Drought Gets Worse • 75% of nation in drought • Covering 27 states • “New Deal” buys land and retires it from agriculture, making it into a prairie • Dust storms spreads from Dust Bowl

  6. Drought Relief Service • Bought cattle to rise prices • Killed those people couldn’t eat • Gave the rest to the needy

  7. Black Sunday • Sunday April 14 • Worst black blizzard

  8. Civil Conservation Corps • Organization lasted twelve years • Planted trees to help with erosion • Forests Spread from Southern Canada to Texas

  9. 1938 to 1939 • Drought started to diminish • 65% less dust blew around the bowl • In the fall of 1939 the drought ended

  10. 1940 • World War II starts • Depression ends

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