today we did blog discussions
depression in rural areas:
it was really hard
prices for crops went down because ppl couldn't afford to buy them
there was a ton of left over crops from ww1
over production was a big problem
farmer's lost their houses
1929- 1932 400,000 farms were closed
red cross set up shelters
farmers could grow their own food, that's one advantage that farmers had
people paid farmers to pay less; paid them to kill crops, kill livestock, spill milk
women had to learn different techniques to help their husbands
dust bowl:
farmers weren't familar with different forms of farming; crop rotation and such
1932- major drought in the great plains
huge dust storms also known as black blizzards
took place because farmers didn't take care of the soil
killed a lot of farmers crops
dust storms agrivated the drought; could never get any rain
gov't offered classes teaching farmers how to take care of their soil; they planted trees and got irrigation and stuff
if you were able to maintain your job and keep the same wage pretty much you were very well off
hoboes would search around for jobs from city to city
women struggle to survive:
women had to learn how to can foods which was huge in the 30s
women would go out and try and find jobs but they would be discriminated
ppl would want women to give up their jobs and give them to the guys
women had it tough just like everyone else
children suffer hardships:
when there was cotton in the fields the children would have to stay home and pick cotton so they would miss school and it would be hard to catch up
a lot of schools closed down
babies died in the dust bowl along with adults and other children
when there were dust bowls no one really drove their cars
boxcar kids- kids who ran away from home and went to the railroads and went to other cities staying with other ppl
a lot of kids died from it
a lot of the kids were looking for work
hospitals only treated them if they were severly ill
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