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Timeline of the dust bowl
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The Dust Bowl
Timeline
By: Sofia ramirez, Abby Norton, Ava Valles
1931
Severe drought hits the midwestern and southern plains. As the crops die, the 'black blizzards" begin.
1932
The number of dust storms is increasing.
1933
The Farm Credit Act of 1933 established a local bank and set up local credit associations.
1933
1934
Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. 100 million acres now in crops have lost all or most of the topsoil; 125 million acres of land now in crops are rapidly losing topsoil.
1935
The federal government forms a Drought Relief Service to coordinate relief activities.
1935
1936
The SCS publishes a soil conservation district law, which, if passed by the states, allows farmers to set up their own districts to enforce soil conservation practices for five-year periods.
1937
Roosevelt addresses the nation in his second inaugural address, stating, "I see one-third of the nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished .
1937
1938
The extensive work re-plowing the land into furrows, planting trees in shelterbelts, and other conservation methods has resulted in a 65 percent reduction in the amount of soil blowing. However, the drought continued.
1939
In the fall, the rain comes, finally bringing an end to the drought. During the next few years, with the coming of World War II, the country is pulled out of the Depression and the plains once again become golden with wheat.