What were some of the struggles people went through in the dust bowl?

Answer 1

Huge quantities of dust would whip up off the ground every time the wind came along.

dust would get in the houses because it was so small. it would get in beds and food and clothes and even in the drinking water. It would soak up all the rain so crops could not be grown.

In addition to the above, the dust also got into people's lungs making it hard to breath. Many people started to get sick and even die from what was called "dust pneumonia". The dust was full of static electricity and would short out cars and they would stop running.

Answer 2

The Dust Bowl was a term that referred to a severe drought that plagued much of the Midwest and Southwest in the 1930's. Years of little to no rain turned the land to fine dust that winds blew away into the Gulf of Mexico. Farmers were bankrupted and traveled all over the country looking for any other kind of work. The suicide rate, especially among farm housewives, was extreme.

A terrible page in American history.

Answer 3

They used shutters and swept out their house so the food didn't have dust in it. They also plowed the dust.

Answer 4

dry and windy

Answer 5

Yes.