
The Dust Bowl
Government Reform Programs
Show title: The Dust Bowl
Video title: Government Reform Programs
Video duration: 5m 16sVideo description: By 1937, the Dust Bowl farmers are asking for government help in regulating the land by forcing other farmers to take better care of their soil. They even consider declaring martial law. For many farmers who had previously demonstrated independence and suspicion of government, this is a substantial ideological turnaround.
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Buying Land
40s
Land prices are going up and people say the climate is undergoing a permanent shift.
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CA Work
1m 33s
People who moved to CA were known as Okies. They faced lots of discrimination from the local residents.
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Government Photography
1m 12s
The government hired photographers to capture the movement of immigrants to CA.
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Hugh Bennett
1m 50s
Hugh Bennett went on a fact finding trip through the Great Plains in search of a solution.
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Jack Rabbits
33s
Plagues of jack rabbits swarmed the great plains destroying everything in their path.
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Low Valued Wheat
1m 56s
Even thought wheat prices had plummeted, farmers went back to work in the fall.
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Psychological
1m 39s
Dorthy Williamson discusses working in the southern Great Plains during the dust bowl.
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Trying To Get Ahead
45s
Calvin Crabill talks about how his father drove a tractor at night to try to get ahead.
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