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The Dust Bowl

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE CAUSE OF THE DUST BOWL

  • Farmers dug up area that wasn't suppose to be dug up
  • And then the dirt was all lose
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WHAT PEOPLE DID TO LIVE

  • Most farmers had to go to the government
  • That's were they got jobs
  • Some times the had up to seven jobs at a time
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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE GOT SICK

  • If anyone got sick they would have to pay 1 dollar
  • If children got sick they would have to take them cough syrup
  • If adults got sick they would have to deal with it and try to live

WHAT HAPPEND TO ANIMALS

  • Some animals died
  • The other animals got very sick
  • There was a place that took cows so they could eat to get fat
  • Were the cows went they all just died of
  • Goverment bought cows so people could eat them

WHAT HAPPEND TO THE FOOD AND CROPS

  • Lots of people were getting paid for there food
  • The prices got higher during the dust bowl
  • The wheat crops all blew away when the first storm came
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INFORMATION THAT DIDNT HAVE A TOPIC

  • The dust bowl lasted for 8 years
  • Almost all the children died
  • They never dug up the wrong dirt again
  • The grass grew back to is way it was
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MY SOURCES

  • Lassieur, Allison. The Dust Bowl : an interactive
  • history adventure. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2009. Print.
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