USA HISTORY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940

THE DUST BOWL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When did the Dust Bowl do to the economy?
A
It caused it to grow.
B
It had no change.
C
It caused it to shrink slightly.
D
It caused the economy to crash.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The resulting agricultural depression contributed to the Great Depression’s bank closures, business losses, increased unemployment, and other physical and emotional hardships.

Detailed explanation-2: -Economic depression coupled with extended drought, unusually high temperatures, poor agricultural practices and the resulting wind erosion all contributed to making the Dust Bowl.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dust Bowl, name for both the drought period in the Great Plains that lasted from 1930 to 1936 and the section of the Great Plains of the United States that extended over southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and northeastern New Mexico.

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