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Kenneth's 10 Facts About The Dust Bowl

Published on Dec 06, 2015

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DUSTBOWL

  • THe dust bowl got it's name from a news reporter
  • One monster dust storm reached the Atlantic Ocean
  • The dustbowl was both a manmade and natural disaster
  • Dust storms crackled with powerful static electricity
  • The federal government paid farmers to plow under fields and butcher livestock
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DUSTBOWL 2

  • Most farm families didn't flee the dust bowl
  • Farm families migrated to california
  • The ecosystem disruption unleashed plagues of jack rabbits and grasshopers
  • Some followed the old folklore of killing snakes
  • Corporations touted their products to the federal government.

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