Today we did blog discussions. The Dust Bowl was caused by a drought coupled with high winds and over farming. There was massive erosion that occured. They didnt plant trees or do crop rotation to prevent this so when finally they had a drought the Dust Bowl came about. Over one hundred million acres of top soil were ripped out of place. The dust was extremely detromental to your health. Dorothy O'lang was a famous photographer, she took pictures and documented what the farmers went through. Okies were people form Oklahoma that moved to California to escape the Dust Bowl. During the Great Depression people lived from day to day they didnt plan ahead very much. Women had to take care of the children and other stuff they also had to try to find a job for money. Children struggled more than anyone during the Depression. Schools were shut down a lot and this would make it harder for children to succeed in the future years. Suicide rates went up during the years of the Depression, obviously because life wasn't good and people didnt wanna deal with their problems.
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