Governing The Dust Bowl
In order to combat the tragedies of the Dust Bowl the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act was passed to address the startling depression in the 1930's. The act was passed by the Supreme Court in 1936 while F.D. Roosevelt was president, to alleviate those affected and struggling with the Great Depression and specifically, the Dust Bowl. The Act was a federal law that enabled the government to be able to pay farmers to reduce production of crops. This was to conserve soil health and prevent erosion. It included directives to conserve the soil that was being raised by the hot winds to create the huge dust storms. The era of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression hit farmers the hardest. The act attempted to correct the former government policies which encouraged farmers to use their land without any regard for the consequences of bad farming practices. Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “In signing the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, I feel that I am approving a me
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