Summary
  Farmers in the early 1900's did not properly manage their farmlands. In 1930 the Dust Bowl began and lasted until 1936. The Dust Bowl was a result of years of poorly managed crop productions in the Midwestern United States. When the stock market crashed, it is known as Black Thursday. The Dust Bowl also had a date like that. One day the wind speeds got up to 60 mph on April 14, 1935, and that was when the Dust Bowl was truly called the Dust Bowl. April 14, 1935 is know as Black Sunday. The Dust Bowl coincided with one of the worst economic crisis in American history, which made it that much worse. Over a million acres of land were harmed during the 1930's. Numerous farmers lost their land and jobs, so they migrated towards the city in hopes of finding employment. Urban life was not doing any better than rural and millions were unemployed in the cities. The migration of farmers towards the cities just increased unemployment rates in the cities and created  bigger problems.

Analysis
   The crash of the stock market definitely started the depression, but many factors went into the worsening of the situation. Millions of people in cities were facing unemployment already, so when the Dust Bowl occured millions of farmers then lost their jobs. At that point, America was looking at high unemployment rates in cities, lack of productive land, mass migration of farmers seeking work, and a failing economy.

Citation
Croft communications,Inc. (2012). The dust bowl andi its role in the great depression. Retrieved from http://www.thegreatdepressioncauses.com/dust-bowl.html


Question
Do you think the Dust Bowl furthered America into the Great Depression?