Farming During The Great Depression - 1210 Words

Alexis Teters Mr. Zahler History 20 November 2015 Farming During the Great Depression There were many factors that caused the Great Depression. But one of the main causes of the Great Depression was the farming conditions. Before the Great Depression life was great! The American life was starting to get better and better. But In the early 1930 s soil was reduced to dust and eroded, because of drought and improper farming practice. This period of long, stressful farming conditions was known as the Dust Bowl. It led to the increased number of deaths in the 1930’s. The Dust Bowl has some major effects on the U.S. such as death, people unable to pay taxes and people were unable to purchase food. Before the Dust Bowl, life was pretty good. The nation just survived a very deadly influenza epidemic in 1918. The car was a fairly new invention and was starting to be a pretty popular thing. 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