The dust bowl
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Transcript The dust bowl
1931 – 1939
Where was the Dust Bowl?
Who did the Dust Bowl affect?
Was it serious?
How did the Dust Bowl happen?
Buffalo grass roots are 5 feet deep. The ground is moist at 1 foot
deep. Sometimes there are droughts. There is always a breeze.
Farmers grew wheat, a lot of wheat. They also raised cattle.
World War I came. Europe needed
wheat. American farmers sold it for $2.00
a bushel. After the war, the price dropped
to $1.00 a bushel. Farmers still needed to
pay their bills, so they plowed more land.
They worked day and night to grow more wheat and pay their bills.
The stock market
crashed.
Banks failed.
Companies failed.
People lost their jobs.
People lost their
homes.
Prices dropped.
Farmers still had the
same debt.
No longer $2.00 a
bushel for wheat.
No longer $1.00 a
bushel for wheat.
At one point, wheat
dropped to 17 cents a
bushel.
If an item is rare, and
people want or need it,
then it costs more
money.
During World War I,
wheat sold in Europe
and USA for $2.00 a
bushel. There was
demand.
If there is an abundance
of an item, then it costs
less.
After World War I,
farmers sold wheat only
in USA. The cost
dropped because there
was less demand.
Farmers produced more
wheat making the cost
lower still.
BUFFALO GRASS ROOTS
GROW 5 FEET DEEP
Buffalo grass helps keep
moisture in the ground
Roots are already very
deep
Protects the soil from
erosion
WHEAT ROOTS GROW 8
INCHES IN 2 MONTHS
Planted in freshly
plowed soil
Takes months for roots
to grow deep
Plowing loosens the soil
What is this?
Think-Pair-Share
1936
April 1936
April 1936
21 March 1935
1930’s
June 1935
April 1936
March 1937
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Oklahoma.”
Photograph. Cimarron County, Oklahoma. April 1936. Library of Congress: Dust Bowl Collection.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998018982/PP/ (16 Feb 2013).
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