The Dust Bowl was caused by new farming techniques that made topsoil vulnerable to strong winds during a serious drought in the 1920s. This kicked up massive dust storms carrying millions of tons of dirt, damaging over 50 million acres of land. The storms destroyed farms and forced people to breathe dusty air, causing health problems and even death. Many people lost their land and livelihoods because they couldn't afford to keep their farms during the difficult times of the Dust Bowl.

1. The Dust Bowl

2. One cause of the Dust Bowl was that new
mechanized farming techniques made the lighter
topsoil blow away by the wind in periods of
drought. In the mid 1920s there was a serious
drought. The wind was strong enough to gather
millions of tons of dirt into a giant dust cloud, that
then moved around the plains, destroying farms
and lives.

4. Over 50million acres of land were damaged and
destroyed during the Dust Bowl. Dust storms
carried millions of tons of dirt from one location to
another. People who were caught in the storms
where forced to breathe in the dusty air, which
caused many health problems and even death.

5. Dust People
● Peoples lives were
difficult because of
the dust storms.
They were forced
to give their land to
banks and the
government
because they didn't
have the money to
keep it.
People effected by storms

6. The Dust Bowl was a terrible event in American
history, and it destroyed the lives of millions.