THE DUST BOWL

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• FACT: many people said that the dust bowl was the end of the world
• Source: The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression
• FACT: the Dust Bowl started on April 14, 1935
• Source: The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression

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• FACT: the Dust Bowl Stretched through all the Great Plains
• Source: The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression
• FACT: the dust was so thick, nothing could see
• Source: The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression

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• FACT: Laura Ingalls (not related to Laura Ignalls Wilder) was a pilot who
• flew over the dust storm and landed safely
• Source: The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression
• FACT: Ranchers in Arizona had to sell there animals to slaughterhouses or out of the state ranchers
• Source: "Dried Up" SIRS Discover

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• FACT: in the drought, the percent of elk calves survival is 20%
• Source: "Dried Up" SIRS Discover
• About 60,000 cattle died in the drought
• Source: "Dried Up" SIRS Discover