cause/effect outline woosahhhh!

first....what should i cause and effect analyze? I thought about it and I want to analyze the Dust Bowl in the Midwest! Interesting....


first off..what was the dust bowl?


During the severe drought during the 1930's the soil turned to dust in the Midwest and Great Plain areas and blew easterly causing all hell to break loose.  (very very VERY brief overview)


effects:


health-
dust pneumonia-the prairie dust that blew across the plains and midwest were extremely small with high silican content, which cause a type of silicosis like in coal miners. everyone was breathing it in, alllll day. By the mid 1930's, dust pneumonia was rampant. Patients could not keep food down and many would die within days of diagnosis.  The red cross declared a medical emergency and opened emergency hospitals across the affected areas.  At one point, children were being given gauze to cover their mouths with, but the gauze would be solidly plugged up with dirt in about an hour.   (Bonnifield) 


economic-
because of the lack of farming land, residents of states such as Kansas and Oklahoma migrated to California for more opportunities like better farming land and more jobs (jobs like picking fruits).  Unfortunately, that screwed everything up for residents of California since the number of migrant workers outnumbered the available jobs, tensions grew between Californians and immigrants.  Public heath concern rose as Cali's infrastructure became overtaxed.  In 1933 Franklin Roosevelt enacted the first of several mortgage and farming relief acts under the New Deal aimed to reduce foreclosures and keep farms afloat (Colenso)




environmental-


Because of the dryness of the soil, huge winds would blow soil/dust easterly 










Bonnifield, Paul. "Dust Pneumonia." Paranorma. Rocky Mountain PBS, 04 Oct. 2009. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. <http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/574/Dust-pneumonia,-the-brown-plague>.


Boehlke, Julie. "What Are Symptoms Of Dust Pneumonia? | LIVESTRONG.COM."LIVESTRONG.COM. 27 Oct. 2009. Web. 25 Oct. 2010. <http://www.livestrong.com/article/17213-symptoms-dust-pneumonia/>.


Colenso, Maria. "What Caused the Dust Bowl." Howstuffworks. Discovery Company, 17 Sept. 2008. Web. 24 Oct. 2010. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/dust-bowl-cause1.htm>.