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Farming was already in Depression in the 1920's.. many people couldnt afford to take care of their families.. and had to lose their house and farms.. due to this they had to move out and find somewhere else to be.. all becoz of over production..
The advantages of farmers over being in the cities is they had food.. they could grow it.. paid farmers to destroy crops and spill milk and burn crops.. by planting more they were putting the price of crops lower and lower..
Farmers didt have the education fo crop rotation..
natural grasses keep nutrients..
the great plains was called at one point was called a desert..
in the mid 1930's was the start of the drought..
becoz they didnt take care of their soil..
if you were outside in one of the storms you would pretty much suffocate..
2 miles high.. and hundreds of miles in length..
the dust came from the land..
hard to keep a steady job..
men wandering the streets.. trying to find jobs..
prices dropped.. people lost jobs.. people didnt have money becoz of no jobs to go buy things..
do anything they could to support their families..
hobo, people trying to find jobs..
bum, someone who is regularly drunk, and causes problems..
women were hired to do litttle things..
and when men lost their jobs the women would go out and try and find a job..
and men thought women should give up their public jobs for them becoz they are supposed to be the ones bringing the money home..
and they were thought to be only to work in the house..
and men dominated the women..
paid alot less than men..
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