How did the dust bowl gets its names?

Answer 1

The Dust Bowl got its name after Black Sunday, April 14, 1935. More and more dust storms had been blowing up in the years leading up to that day. In 1932, 14 dust storms were recorded on the Plains. In 1933, there were 38 storms. By 1934, it was estimated that 100 million acres of farmland had lost all or most of the topsoil to the winds. By April 1935, there had been weeks of dust storms, but the cloud that appeared on the horizon that Sunday was the worst. Winds were clocked at 60 mph. Then it hit.
The Dust Bowl is a region in the USA (also known as the Prairie States) which includes the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. The name "Dust Bowl" comes from events that took place during the depression in the 1930s. A severe drought combined with poor farming techniques lead to soil erosion. Soil erosion causes soil particles to be removed which were then picked up by the wind and accumulated into huge dust clouds. An image of a dust cloud from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dust_Storm_Texas_1935.jpg

Answer 2

The Dust Bowl got its name after Black Sunday, April 14, 1935. More and more dust storms had been blowing up in the years leading up to that day. In 1932, 14 dust storms were recorded on the Plains. In 1933, there were 38 storms. By 1934, it was estimated that 100 million acres of farmland had lost all or most of the topsoil to the winds. By April 1935, there had been weeks of dust storms, but the cloud that appeared on the horizon that Sunday was the worst. Winds were clocked at 60 mph. Then it hit.

Answer 3

when in the story The Great Dust Bowl the drought came so did the sand storms in the great oklahoma and it destroyed most of the town leaving little life billy joe the child based in the stor told about her life and about her a feirce piano player and how she did her greats the real awnser is the name The Great Dust Bowl coame froum the large dust storm that hit Oklahoma City

Answer 4

The Dust Bowl got its name because it was a period during the 1930s when severe drought and poor farming practices led to massive dust storms that blew across the Great Plains region of the United States. The storms were so severe that they created huge clouds of dust that blocked out the sun and darkened the skies, affecting agriculture and causing economic devastation.