The+Dust+Bowl+Years

=**The Dust Bowl Years**=


 * The Dust Bowl got its name from the day after Black Sunday, in April 15, 1935.** **The Dust Bowl Years was a tragic time in our history. It started in 1930 and ended in 1940. By the time President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office on March 4, 1933, the country was in desperate straits. There was a large drought caused by the misuse of soil and lack of rain. The drought started in the east and spread across the country to the west. Many people had to lock up their doors and windows to keep the dust from coming in. This dramatic event also had an impact on our society. The crops had all died and it had a tremendous impact on the great depression. During the Dust Bowl Years, the great migration also took place. People needed to migrate because lots of jobs were lost, and there wasn't enough food due to dying crops. The only time it would rain, if it did, was in the fall season. The Dust Bowl was a large and widespread event. It covered 75% of the land, and it affected 27% of the states severely. Gambling started to become more popular because people were trying to find more ways to get more money. Horse racing became legal in 15 more states bringing the total up to 21 states. Even baseball was becoming more popular because Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio were playing.**

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Facts about this time period

average life span: Females 61.6 and males was 58.1

average salary:$1,368

unemployment rise: 25%



__Timeline 1931-1939__
 * 1931
 * 1) drought started in the mid-west and in the southern plains
 * 2) the crops died and became the black blizzard
 * 3) caused by over grazed and over plowed fields
 * 1932 dust storms increased
 * 1933
 * 1) The country went into desperate times when Franklin Roosevelt took office
 * 2) Congress came up with Emergency Banking Act of 1933
 * 3) It restored people's faith in banking system, by putting the federal government behind them
 * 4) It also stabilized the banking industry



__Study Guide__ 2. What was the Dust Bowl? 3. In what way did the Dust Bowl impact society? 4. Why did the great migration happen during the Dust Bowl? 5. What happens when Roosevelt takes office? 6. What season does the rain come? 7. Did the drought hit the eastern part of the western part first? 8. Were does the Dust Bowl get its name from? 9. Was the Dust Bowl the worst in American history? 10. How much of the Dust Bowl cover the land? 11. How many states did it affect severely?**
 * 1. When did the Dust Bowl begin and end?

__Resuorces__**

1. __http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html__ 2.__ http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.html__ 3. http://pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/