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Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl. Economic crisis from the Depression was not the only problem in farming communities 1931-1940 Soil blown out of Great Plains Farmers could not plant crops severe dust storms called ‘black blizzards’ made conditions unlivable 60 percent of families lost farms

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Dust Bowl

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  1. Dust Bowl

  2. Economic crisis from the Depression was not the only problem in farming communities • 1931-1940 • Soil blown out of Great Plains • Farmers could not plant crops severe dust storms called ‘black blizzards’ made conditions unlivable • 60 percent of families lost farms • Nearly 750,000 people left Oklahoma and Kansas

  3. Why Did It Happen?

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