THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE DUST BOWL
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Minority groups gained legal protections for equal pay.
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Some North Texas farmers moved west to California.
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Children moved from factory work to field work.
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Women began working in the fields in much greater numbers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the Dust Bowl affect economic development in Texas? The demand for Texas crops declined. Many farms were lost to banks. Oil production declined in West Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -These dusters eroded entire farmlands, destroyed Texas homes, and caused severe physical and mental health problems. The Dust Bowl exacerbated the effects of the Great Depression and sparked the largest American migration in the shortest amount of time.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, even with government help, many farmers could not maintain their operations and were forced to leave their land. Some voluntarily deeded their farms to creditors, others faced foreclosure by banks, and still others had to leave temporarily to search for work to provide for their families.
Detailed explanation-4: -The damaging environmental effects of the dust storms had not only dried up the land, but it had also dried up jobs and the economy. The drought caused a cessation of agricultural production, leading to less income for farmers, and consequently less food on the table for their families.
Detailed explanation-5: -They had moved to the state in the 1920s and were doing well. Word of their success spread and set the migration in motion. California’s climate, relief, and chances for work attracted the Dust Bowl migrants.