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The dust bowl the occurred in prairie states which included Kansas and Oklahoma. The prairies were covered with prairie plants, mostly grass. This formed a natural sod which was rather deep. The sod kept the soil in place during times of low rainfall. When farmers came to this area they plowed up the sod exposing the soil. For this reason they were called 'sod busters'. In the 30s a large drought occurred. When winds blew, soil was picked up and blew about. More and more soil was picked up and blown about. This time was called the dirty 30s. Sometimes people would get the soil blown in their eyes and never saw again. The dirt was blown as far as Washington DC. Washington finally came up with the Soil Conservation Act. Farming practices were changed to preserve the soil. Teddy Roosevelt was President at this time.
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What were causes for the dust bowl?
Deforestation, bad weather, overuse of the land for agriculture and poor cultivation techniques all contributed to the dust bowl in the U.S.
What two causes contributed to the dust bowl?
over worked land and drought
Can you list three pieces of evidence that supports the idea that the dust bowl was the worst hard time?
List three pieces of evidence that support the idea that the Dust Bowl was “the worst hard time.”
What were the three causes of the US Dust Bowl?
The Dust Bowl occurred because of drought. It occurred because of farmers overusing the land and not rotating crops, planting the same things year after year. It occurred because of severe wind storms in the area.
What natural factor caused the dust bowl?
The long drought conditions were just one of the causes for the Dust Bowl- overuse of the land and falling farm product prices also contributed to this disaster.
What were two causes of the Oklahoma dust bowl?
The two causes of the Dust Bowl were drought and poor agricultural practices.
What were causes for the dust bowl?
Deforestation, bad weather, overuse of the land for agriculture and poor cultivation techniques all contributed to the dust bowl in the U.S.
Was the dust bowl an effect or causes of world war 1?
it was a cause
What two causes contributed to dust bowl?
over worked land and drought
What two causes contributed to the dust bowl?
over worked land and drought
What to causes contributed to the dust bowl?
Soil erosion. Overworked land and drought
Can you list three pieces of evidence that supports the idea that the dust bowl was the worst hard time?
List three pieces of evidence that support the idea that the Dust Bowl was “the worst hard time.”
how do i dust a bowl?
No the dust bowl was not shaped like a bowl
What were the three causes of the US Dust Bowl?
The Dust Bowl occurred because of drought. It occurred because of farmers overusing the land and not rotating crops, planting the same things year after year. It occurred because of severe wind storms in the area.
Was the dust bowl really the shape of a bowl?
No the dust bowl was not shaped like a bowl.
What natural factor caused the dust bowl?
The long drought conditions were just one of the causes for the Dust Bowl- overuse of the land and falling farm product prices also contributed to this disaster.
What was the name of the dust bowl book?
The book about the dust bowl is called Out Of The Dust.
