1. The Dust Bowl

3. Causes of the Dust Bowl
Millions of acres of farmland tilled during 1920s from North Dakota to Texas
One-crop farming exhausted the land
Drought in the 1930s
Winds picked up
Little grass and few trees were left to hold the soil down

5.
Dust Storm
I remember a day at noontime, standing with my dad in what seemed like a dim twilight or an eclipse of the sun. They sky was choked with dust driven toward the east by a howling wind. “There goes Kansas,” Dad said.
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7. Effects of Dust Bowl Nearly impossible to farm successfully
Can’t pay bills
Many farmers faced with foreclosure
Families become migrants

9. “Okies” – Migrants from Oklahoma

11.
Grapes of Wrath