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Mind Map by Victoria Valko, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Victoria Valko
about 9 years ago
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The Dust Bowl
- How/When
- 1930 - 1935 (drought)
- Because of severe drought and a failure to apply
dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion, it
caused the phenomenon.
- 1934 - 1940 was the start of the dust
bowl and when it first started to rain.
- April 14th, 1935 was the
biggest part of the storm.
- 1930 - 1935 (drought)
- People Affected
- Farmers
- Weren't able to properly plant
crops - let alone have them survive.
- Weren't able to properly plant
crops - let alone have them survive.
- Families
- It was a daily job to just clean up the dust from
inside the house - no matter how much people
cleaned, the dust wouldn't stay out.
- It was a daily job to just clean up the dust from
inside the house - no matter how much people
cleaned, the dust wouldn't stay out.
- Doctors
- Got many patients with dust pneumonia
- Got many patients with dust pneumonia
- Mailmen
- Weren't able to deliver mail because
of dust clogging up engines inside
vehicles.
- Weren't able to deliver mail because
of dust clogging up engines inside
vehicles.
- Farmers
- Books
- The Grapes Of Wrath
- John Steinback
- John Steinback
- Survival In The Storm
- Katelan Janke
- Katelan Janke
- Out Of The Dust
- Karen Hesse
- Karen Hesse
- A Cup Of Dust
- Susie Finkbeiner
- Susie Finkbeiner
- The Grapes Of Wrath
- Places Effected
- Major (3)
- Kansas
- Originally a dry place, but when the Dust Bowl
hit, there was nothing that could prepare its
residents.
- Originally a dry place, but when the Dust Bowl
hit, there was nothing that could prepare its
residents.
- Colorado
- There already were a few "dusters" in
Colorado before the biggest storm.
- There already were a few "dusters" in
Colorado before the biggest storm.
- New Mexico
- May 28th, 1937: worst dust storm in the
area. Killed livestock and many crops.
- May 28th, 1937: worst dust storm in the
area. Killed livestock and many crops.
- Kansas
- Minor (1)
- North Dakota
- Montana
- Some Of Canada
- Because of the dust bowl's size, it was able
to effect parts of Canada.
- Because of the dust bowl's size, it was able
to effect parts of Canada.
- North Dakota
- Severe (2)
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- At the time, was a
hot and dry place.
- At the time, was a
hot and dry place.
- Nebraksa
- .Already had a few dust
storms before.
- .Already had a few dust
storms before.
- South Dakota
- Extreme (4)
- Texas
- Was hit the hardest out of
all the states along with
Oklahoma.
- Was hit the hardest out of
all the states along with
Oklahoma.
- Oklahoma
- Was hit the hardest out of all the other states. The original
land was grassy and green, when the dust storms hit,
Oklahoma turned into a desert.
- Was hit the hardest out of all the other states. The original
land was grassy and green, when the dust storms hit,
Oklahoma turned into a desert.
- Texas
- Major (3)
- Loses
- Employment
- Buisnesses
- Environment
- After the dust bowl, there was a huge
increase in jackrabbits and grasshoppers.
- After the dust bowl, there was a huge
increase in jackrabbits and grasshoppers.
- Land for growing crops
- Employment
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