The 1930s were a time of desperation and devastation, leaving millions of people ruined. America was at an all-time low during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The stock market had crashed and a severe drought had turned into a disastrous storm. The 1930s affected the nation, and no one knew the answer to the million-dollar question: What caused the fall of America? Historians have tried to solve the impossible riddle, and many have formulated their own theories, but the exact cause of the Dust Bowl continues to be unknown. At the heart of understanding the Dust Bowl is the question of who was to blame. Was this the result of farmers cultivating the land beyond what the environment could handle, or is it just a natural fluctuation in the atmosphere? These questions have The Dust Bowl grazed the U.S. Midwest, destroying the ecology and agriculture of the United States and the Canadian prairies."1 The Midwest was experiencing a severe drought when the wind began to pick up dried dirt and melted accumulating giant clouds of dust. The 1920s were so prosperous with many new inventions and adapted lifestyles. Farmers now had the help of a tractor to plow the fields faster and further.2 It was the newly plowed land. the cause of the Dust Bowl, historian. , Professor R. Douglas Hurt seems to think so. Professor R. Douglas Hurt is the director of the graduate program in Agricultural History and Rural Studies at Iowa State University in Ames book The Dust Bowl: An Agricultural and Social History, based on historical events and his opinion of what caused the Dust Bowl.3 Professor Hurt The nature of the soils of the Southern Plains and the periodic influence of drought could not be changed, but the abuse technological development of the earth could have been stopped. This is not to say that mechanized agriculture has irreparably damaged the land, but that is not the case. New and improved implements such as tractors, one-way disc plows, grain drills and combination drills that reduce ploughing, seeding and harvesting costs and increase agricultural productivity. Increased productivity caused prices to fall, and farmers compensated by breaking up more turf for grain. At the same time, farmers have paid little attention to using new technology in ways that preserve the ecosystem