The Dust Bowl

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The Dust Bowl
By fifth grade student
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Pictures

• Picture was taken from
• http//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/DustBowl/

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Facts on the Dust Bowl

• The dust bowl of the 1930s lasted about one
  decade.
• The Dust Bowl didnt do too much Damage to the
  northern plains but agriculture wasnt too good
  for them.
• The dust bowl covered most of Kansas, some of
  Texas, new Mexico Colorado and Oklahoma.

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Facts on the dust bowl

• In around 1504 archeologist discovered that a
  dust bowl had driven natives of their land to
  look for new homes.
• In the 1930s the heat and high wind swept up
  dust and blew it all around in humongous bark
  clouds
• The dust could clog up in the motors of the Model
  T cars and cause them to stop running.

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Facts on the dust bowl

• The dust drifts were so bad in places that it
  drifted onto railroads and workers had to shovel
  It off but a few hours after they had cleared it
  would be back in the same place.
• it is said that commercial pilots climbed to
  heights of 15,000 feet to get into clear air.
• In the 1930s it was so hot people slept with wet
  sheets over then hoping to cool off

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Where did the dust bowl take place
The Dust Bowl

• These picture was taken from http//www.english.ui
  uc.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm

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Facts On The Bust Bowl

• The hot heat caused all the plants to dry leaving
  nothing to hold the dirt in place and the high
  wind blew it for hundreds of miles in huge bark
  clouds.
• People also hung wet towels in the house hoping
  that they would help make the houses a little
  cooler dust they also attracted dust.
• The bust bowl lasted nearly a decade in the
  1930s and covered parts of six states
• The bust bowl lasted nearly a decade in the
  1930s and covered parts of six states

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Where the dustbowl took place

                                                            
Where The Dust Bowl Took Place
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Bibliography

• http//www.adamshistory.org/dust.html
• http//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/DustBowl
• http//www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/dustbo
  wl.htm
• These picture was taken from http//www.english.ui
  uc.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm

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