THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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The Great Plains grasslands were turned into wheat fields.
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The farmers did not plant crops in the winter, which left loose topsoil.
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A terrible drought in the 1930’s spread across the Great Plains and dried out the land.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A number of poor land management practices in the Great Plains region increased the vulnerability of the area before the 1930s drought. Some of the land use patterns and methods of cultivation in the region can be traced back to the settlement of the Great Plains nearly 100 years earlier.
Detailed explanation-2: -What circumstances conspired to cause the Dust Bowl? Economic depression coupled with extended drought, unusually high temperatures, poor agricultural practices and the resulting wind erosion all contributed to making the Dust Bowl. The seeds of the Dust Bowl may have been sowed during the early 1920s.
Detailed explanation-3: -EMMA 352 Page 2 Human Causes People also had a hand in creating the Dust Bowl. Farmers and ranchers destroyed the grasses that held the soil in place. Farmers plowed up more and more land, while ranchers overstocked the land with cattle. As the grasses disappeared, the land became more vulnerable to wind erosion.