In the 1950s, a drought similar to the one in the 1930s was predicted. The United States Congress
offered farmers money to turn farmland back into
grassland to avoid another dust bowl. Farmers had
to decide whether to accept the offer or to
continue farming their land as they had been
doing. Think about the situation from the farmers'
point of view. Write a letter responding to this
offer as a farmer in the area at the time. Say
whether you would or would not accept the
government offer and explain your reasoning.