Life During The Dust Bowl

The Great Fire of London I. In the early morning hours, the Great Fire of London breaks out in Thomas Farriner 's bakery on Pudding Lane Once the fire started, it spread quickly. The strong eastern winds spread the flames further, jumping from house to house. Highly flammable products like timber, rope and oil and tallow, as well as hay conited to fuel the fire. Thesis Statement (Usually the last sentence(s) in the introduction): _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

For almost 10 years, a drought ripped through the Midwest and affected families in a negative way. At the time of the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression was going on in America. In addition, President Herbert Hoover was not doing much to assist the farmers affected by the drought. FDR rolled along and put an end to all of this madness. During the “Dirty Thirties,” the Dust Bowl took place and affected farmers across the Midwest, resulting in less money and the collapse of business; however, the president enacted the New Deal which solved a lot of the problems.

People that lived in that area could not step outside or they would get dust in their lungs. Livestock could not breath or find food sources. Thousands of people lost their homes due to the storm. Changes in farming and agriculture in the early 1900s altered the landscape and soil creating the perfect environment for the Dust Bowl and impacted living conditions and economic policy. First, changes in farming and agriculture over the years led to the conditions that caused the Dust Bowl and impacted the Great Plains.

Which then, the moisture in the dirt combines in the air, and seems like it is chasing the warm air around in a circle. The warm and cold air them form a small, sort of tornado that picks up the dirt that is from said baseball field, and then making a dust devil.

The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, lasted for about a decade and was a period in time in which dirt clouds billowed over the Great Plains that afflicted over 75% of the country (Riney-Kehrberg 32). The Dust Bowl affected a section of the Great Plains that extended over to Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Northeastern New Mexico. The Dust Bowl was both a manmade and natural disaster that received its name from the "bowl-shaped" area it covered. In the 1930 's the United States suffered severe dust storms as high winds and asphyxiated dust swept the region until the early 1930 's. The Dust Bowl was the inevitable result of people intentionally exploiting the grasslands to its fullest extent (Richardson).

The brief extinction of the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly was a chain reaction of the emissions released by thousands of cars that drive on highway 280 everyday, that caused the growth of certain grasses, which covered the natural wildflowers that sustain the population of the butterflies. Likewise, “the globalization of hamburgers has helped destroy ecosystems and encouraged methane-producing cattle breeding” (Lechner 262). Although globalization is a huge factor in most environmental issues, it was useful in efforts to reduce the amount of environmental impacts and issues we are facing around the world. Because of globalization, “western countries had grown wealthy enough in the 1960’s to be able to afford focusing on environmental problems as a prime “post-material” priority” (252). Subsequently, many INGO’s were formed for conservation efforts, and a new political party, the Green Party, emerged from several countries.

When FDR introduced his new deal slowly but surely everything returned the the status quo. In the beginning of Roosevelt 's presidency Unemployment was at 25% at the cessation of his presidency it was at only 5%. This is proof that his new deal was worked because people now had jobs in society. FDR introduced many government agencies that still exists today some of the most important ones being the FDIC ( it insure up to 250,000 dollars) and the SSA ( an agency that gives money to the unemployed, retired, and disabled) not only did these agencies help people during the great depression they still help people now; for example without the FDIC people would be losing thousands of dollars every time the stock market crashed people would have lost thousands of dollars; also it is quite possible we would still be in economic turmoil. FDR helped everyone in America, one group of people that he dedicated time and money to are farmers.

The Great Depression and the Crash of 1929 The Great Depression of the 1920-1930s was perhaps one of the most marked events in the history of mankind. Very few incidents have ever had such a huge impact on not only nations and its institutions but also the common man. Of course there have been natural calamities and invasions but nothing like the Depression. Also there have been depressions earlier but never to this extent or of this intensity. What marked this depression from any other was perhaps its raging spread across the whole world.

The cowboys with their horses. The farmers with their cornfields. The squirrels with their acorns. The one and only thing I don’t enjoy is the weather. It’s either harshly humid, or catastrophically cold.

Hurricanes can usually last for over a week. For example, in late August of 2005, a hurricane called Hurricane Katrina hit along the Gulf Coast of New Orleans and lasted up to about a week. Hurricanes are one of the most dangerous natural disasters ever to hit the United States, and it could cause damaged to the United States along with deaths of people. Thereby, hurricanes can form in 80 degrees, or higher, Fahrenheit in really warm ocean water. This provides more evaporation and energy making clouds and humid air.