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World War I to World War II
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KS farmers made a profit on crops.
The Kansas farmers started making a good profit on their crops because Europe could not provide their produce because of fightning in the war. -
America joined WWI.
Germany launched attacks on American ships causing America to join the war. Kansans then started to conserve and share less food. -
The Allies won WWI.
The War finished and the Allies won (Great Britain, United States, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan) defeating Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. -
The Stock Market crashed, starting the Great Depression.
Most people were out of a job because of the market crashing and caused people to lose their main source of income. Without income, the population couldn't buy products and cause the economy to fail worse. -
The Dust Bowl Started
The Dust Bowl started and was very hard for people to survive. It was a good learning part of history for America but was devestating. -
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The Dust Bowl
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Farmers died from staying home versus fleeing.
The dust would go into your lungs and cause breathing to be difficult. Some farmers thought they could live through it, and stayed home to tend their land/belongings but most did not survive. -
People learned and changed their acts.
Farmers started changing their farming practices and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources occured to incentivize the people living there. They now rotate their plants so that the soil does not get to dry to erode away easily. -
Farmers started irrigating their land.
The farmers learned to irrigate their land then to terrace their land so that another Dust Bowl did not occur again, in addition to making sure these travesties would not happen again. -
WWII started.
The Second World War was started by Germany in an unprovoked attack on Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler didn't stop his invasion of Poland. -
The United States joined WWII.
The United States joined WWII when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
