THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE DUST BOWL
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The demand for Texas crops declined.
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Many farms were lost to banks.
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Oil production declined in West Texas.
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Employment in major cities increased.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the Dust Bowl affect economic development in Texas? Many farms were lost to banks. The demand for Texas crops declined. Employment in major cities and on farms increased.
Detailed explanation-2: -The state’s economy was further crippled by the devastating effects of the Dust Bowl. In the second half of the 1930s, as the Depression wore on, a major drought devastated the southern plains. The Texas Panhandle suffered greatly, as winds eroded the parched land and made life on farms and in towns all but impossible.
Detailed explanation-3: -Affected Texas cities included Dalhart, Pampa, Spearman, and Amarillo. These dusters eroded entire farmlands, destroyed Texas homes, and caused severe physical and mental health problems.
Detailed explanation-4: -The abandonment of homesteads and financial ruin resulting from catastrophic topsoil loss led to widespread hunger and poverty. Dust Bowl conditions fomented an exodus of the displaced from the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma Panhandle, and the surrounding Great Plains to adjacent regions.
Detailed explanation-5: -What did many Dust Bowl farmers do when they lost their land to the banks? They headed west to California. What were “Okies"? Why did the entertainment industry grow during the Great Depression?