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A 10 page paper which examines the Dust
Bowl of the 1930s illustrating its historical significance to the 20th century. Bibliography
lists 4 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAdustbw.rtf
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properly! "The clouds appeared on the horizons with a thunderous roar. Turbulent dust clouds rolled in generally from the North and dumped a fine silt over the land.
Men, women and children stayed in their houses and tied handkerchiefs over their noses and mouths. When they dared to leave, they added goggles to protect their eyes. Houses were
shut tight, cloth was wedged in the cracks of the doors and windows but still the fine silt forced its way into houses, schools and businesses. During the storms, the
air indoors was "swept" with wet gunny sacks. Sponges were used as makeshift "dust masks" and damp sheets were tied over the beds" (Bonnifield, 2001; dustbowl.html). Introduction The dust
bowl of the 1930s was perhaps just as responsible for the Great Depression as any government involvement, or lack of involvement. It was an event, spanning several years, that served
to change the face of agriculture and alter some of the course of the 20th century. It created an increase in people looking for work, put people out of their
homes, and added to the rush of people moving to California in the hopes of finding more opportunity. In simple terms, the Dust Bowl was an area of land
that had been so depleted of its natural resources that it dried up and turned into dust that nothing could be grown in. Great storms blew up, people died or
moved away, and rain ceased to come or bring relief when it did come. It was almost as though it were something right of the Bible, a book filled with
famine, plague, and drought. In the following paper we present an examination of the Dust Bowl and its impact on the 20th century. Before the Dust Bowl "Wheat was
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