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What are 3 facts about the Dust Bowl?
There were more than 100 million acres of land affected by the Dust Bowl. There were 14 dust storms in 1932 on the Great Plains. There were 38 dust storms in 1933 on the Great Plains. More than 300,000 people moved to California during the Dust Bowl to start over because of the damage to land caused by the Dust Bowl.
How was the land misused during the Dust Bowl?
The drought was at least partially responsible for the Dust Bowl. Drought alone did not cause the Dust Bowl; misuse of the land was also a factor. How was the land misused? Farmers used harsh growing methods and did not rotate crops.
How did farmers misuse of land and environmental conditions contribute to the Dust Bowl?
Farmers had to have more acres of corn and wheat to make ends meet. them into the air, until the entire field was blowing away. The result was the Dust Bowl. Farmers like Cliff Peterson understood all too well how wind blew unprotected fields.
What destruction did the Dust Bowl cause?
Crops began to fail with the onset of drought in 1931, exposing the bare, over-plowed farmland. Without deep-rooted prairie grasses to hold the soil in place, it began to blow away. Eroding soil led to massive dust storms and economic devastation—especially in the Southern Plains.
How bad was the Dust Bowl?
The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.
How was the land misused?
How was the land misused? Farmers used harsh growing methods and did not rotate crops.
How did the Dust Bowl have a negative impact on farmers?
And how did the Dust Bowl affect farmers? Crops withered and died. Farmers who had plowed under the native prairie grass that held soil in place saw tons of topsoil—which had taken thousands of years to accumulate—rise into the air and blow away in minutes. On the Southern Plains, the sky turned lethal.