USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Dust Bowl period, severe dust storms, often called “black blizzards, ” swept the Great Plains .

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the 1930s drought is often referred to as if it were one episode, there were at least 4 distinct drought events: 1930–31, 1934, 1936, and 1939–40 (Riebsame et al., 1991).

Detailed explanation-3: -A combination of aggressive and poor farming techniques, coupled with drought conditions in the region and high winds created massive dust storms that drove thousands from their homes and created a large migrant population of poor, rural Americans during the 1930s.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Black Sunday Dust Storm of April 14, 1935.

Detailed explanation-5: -The misuse of the land and the severe drought combined to create the Dust Bowl-a vast, parched area in the Midwest. The Dust Bowl affected one hundred million acres of land. The resulting black blizzards happened when millions of tons of dirt were swept from the parched, barren fields and swirled up into the air.