Why was the point of the dust bowl?

Answer 1

To fully understand the importance of soil to the "dust bowl" one must first understand what the "dust bowl" is/was. The "dust bowl" was the area of rich agricultural lands in the mid western United States which, due to deforestation, severe drought and other factors became barren. As the vegetation succumbed to the drought the soil was exposed to the wind. The wind picked up and blew the topsoil away.

Reforestation and wind breaks now serve to mitigate the winds effect on the soil, and better farming practices help to hold the top soil in place.

To answer the question, soil is important to any region but is extremely important to the "bread basket" of the United States that was once turned into a "dust bowl".

Answer 2

Go to your library and see if they have a PBS documentary called Surviving the Dust Bowl. IT lasted for 10 years. People died of dust pneumonia. they couldn't see their hand in front of their face. It was caused by a drought and high winds.

Answer 3

Dust bowl was a period in time when there were severe dust storms which did major damages to places in America and Canada. These dust storms made it extremely hard to live and agriculture suffered. It brought severe drought and crops were hard to maintain.

Answer 4

The Dust Bowl was during the Great Depression (Was not a Super Bowl) and was a point where there was a huge amount of wind and dust for long periods of time. Homes would get buried in sand and wind and people would have to burn their bad crops. It was a very hard time for many people.

Answer 5

The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms and drought in the 1930s caused by poor farming practices, drought, and deforestation in the Great Plains region of the United States. The extensive farming of marginal land combined with a prolonged drought led to the topsoil becoming loose and vulnerable to erosion, creating massive dust storms that devastated agriculture and forced many people to leave their homes.

Answer 6

The Dust Bowl was important to American History, because it provided a path to a new beginning.