The Dust Bowl of the 1930s lasted about a decade. The primary area it effected was the southern Plains. The northern Plains were not hit so badly but the drought, the blowing dust, and the decline of agriculture in the region had a nationwide effect. The loss of agricultural production helped to lengthen the Depression, not only in the US but worldwide. The displaced farmers became the migrants described in John Steinbeck's, Grapes of Wrath. Families from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas, packed what they could in cars and trucks and headed west. Most were aiming for California where they would become a class of migrant farmers, following the crops during the harvesting season. Poor farming techniques and years of depleting the soil led to the soil becoming susceptible to the winds. And when the winds came, the soil was picked up and "day became night."
They were not treated well. The were forced to Hoovervilles.
Unwanted additions to the ranks of the unemployed . . . I think.
No the dust bowl was not shaped like a bowl.
The Dust Bowl started in 1931 and ended in 1939. Exact dates are impossible to decide.
The dust bowl was in the "Great Depression". It was a nick-name for dust storms because the storms were like "rolling black smoke".
the were peaople who refugees from the dust bowl
Many Californians opposed arrival of the refugees from the dust bowl because they saw them as competitors for the limited number of jobs that existed.
They were not treated well. The were forced to Hoovervilles.
Grapes of Wrath
The book about the dust bowl is called Out Of The Dust.
Californian people viewed then as competition because there weren't enough jobs
Unwanted additions to the ranks of the unemployed . . . I think.
they were called okies and they came from the southern plains around the time of the great depression looking for work most aiming for california.this was around 1930 to 1935
The black blizzard.
The dirty thirties
No the dust bowl was not shaped like a bowl
He connects to out of the dust because he wrote a song called "Dust Bowl Blues."