History Of The Dust Bowl
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The dust bowl was a ecological and human disaster that took place in the southwestern Great Plains region of the United States in the early 1930's, including parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. It was caused by misuse of the land and years of sustained drought. Before farmer ....
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.... as far as the Atlantic coast, and sand and heavier materials drifted against houses, fences, and barns. IN many places eight to ten centimeters of soil were blown away. Millions of hectares of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their lands, and homes.
The Dust Bowl lasted about a decade. Beginning in 1935, intensive efforts were made both by federal and state goverments to develop adequate programs for soil conservation and for rehabilitation of th ....
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