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The Dust Bowl was an environmental disaster that hit the Midwest in the 1930s due to a severe drought and harsh farming techniques. It affected southeastern Colorado, southwest Kansas, the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. Changes in weather patterns over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in 1930 weakened the jet stream, preventing rain from reaching the Great Plains. This caused massive dust storms that forced many farmers out of business, costing them their livelihoods and homes during the Depression era.
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The Dust Bowl was an environmental disaster that hit the midwest in the 1930s due to a severe drought combined with harsh farming techniques. High winds kicked up dry soil that had been exposed after crops failed, creating massive dust storms. The Dust Bowl affected areas from Texas to South Dakota, forcing many farmers out of business after their crops failed and dust buried their fields and homes. It wasn't until 1939 that significant rain finally returned to the region, ending the Dust Bowl.
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- 2. What is the Dust bowl? ★ The Dust Bowl is an environmental disaster that hit the Midwest in the 1930s. A combination of a severe water shortage and harsh farming techniques created it. Some scientists believe it was the worst drought in North America in 300 years.
- 3. The location of the dust bowl…. ★ The drought and erosion of the Dust Bowl was in created in Texas.
- 4. Who was involved in the dust bowl? ★ The ones involved in the dust bowl was southeastern Colorado, southwest Kansas and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas and it was many dust bowls started there.
- 5. The causes for the Dust bowl……. ★ In 1930, weather patterns shifted over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Pacific grew cooler than normal and the Atlantic became warmer. The combination weakened and changed the direction of the jet stream. That air current carries moisture from the Gulf of Mexico up toward the Great Plains. It then dumps rain when it reaches the Rockies. When the jet stream moved south, rain never reached the Great Plains.
- 6. The effects of the dust bowl…... ★ The massive dust storms forced farmers out of business. They lost both their livelihoods and their homes. Deflation from the Depression aggravated the plight of Dust Bowl farmers. Prices for the crops they were able to grow fell below subsistence levels. In 1932, the federal government sent aid to the drought-affected states.