THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE DUST BOWL
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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much of the land in and around the Dust Bowl is a desert today
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states along the Pacific received storm damage
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states outside of the Dust Bowl were affected
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temperatures within the Dust Bowl declined
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although it technically refers to the western third of Kansas, southeastern Colorado, the Oklahoma Panhandle, the northern two-thirds of the Texas Panhandle, and northeastern New Mexico, the Dust Bowl has come to symbolize the hardships of the entire nation during the 1930s.
Detailed explanation-2: -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 drought 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The areas most affected were the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and southwestern Kansas. The Dust Bowl was to last for nearly a decade [1].