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Was Kansas in the dust bowl?

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Yes. The worst of the "Dust Bowl" storms were in Nebraska, and the worst poverty and migrations were from Oklahoma. Kansas is between those two states.

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Where did the dust of the dust bowl go?

The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940).


Was the dust bowl really the shape of a bowl?

No the dust bowl was not shaped like a bowl.


What decade was the dust bowl in?

The Dust Bowl started in 1931 and ended in 1939. Exact dates are impossible to decide.


In which states did the Dust Bowl blow through?

The displaced farmers of the Dust Bowl 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.


What was dust-bowl?

The dust bowl was in the "Great Depression". It was a nick-name for dust storms because the storms were like "rolling black smoke".

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What states were affected by dust bowl?

Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, The Dust Bowl was a period in the 30s where there were a series of severe dust storms causing agricultural and ecological problems. The Dust Bowl states were composed of mainly Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The surrounding Great Plains regions were also affected by the severe dust storms.


Which state was highly effected the most by the dust bowl?

kansas


Which of the dust bowl states lost population in the 1930s?

Kansas


The Depression Era Dust Bowl was concentrated in?

Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.


What area is the Dust Bowl in?

The Great Plains of the US, including Kansas and Oklahoma.


What states where hit by the dust bowl?

Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico.


Which of the hardest hit Dust Bowl states lost population in the 1930's?

The hardest hit dust bowl states that lost population in the 1930's were North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma.


What were the colors of the dust in each state in the dust bowl area?

Kansas-Black Oklahoma-Blue New Mexico-rainbow color


Where did people living in Kansas move during the dust bowl?

People in Kansas moved to northern states in hope to get away from the dust. They also wanted to have a better living after their crops were destroyed by the dust. People in Kansas realized that they made little money farming and tried to get a better job.


What states experienced devistation because of the dust bowl?

Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico


When and where did the Dust Bowl occur?

The dreaded Dust Bowl struck the US from 1930 through 1938. It seriously affected the Rocky Mountains, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.


Which state was not in the dust bowl?

No, it is not considered a Dust Bowl state. Though heavy droughts led to the the Dust Bowl, not every state experiencing a drought also experienced severe dust storms. States that are considered to have experienced these severe dust storms are Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Iowa, however, is listed as a state experiencing a drought during the Dust Bowl era, it is just not classified as having severe dust storms.