The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression | Daily Bellringer

The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression: The economic disaster of the 1930s was made even more extreme by the agricultural disaster that struck the Great Plains during the decade. Millions of Americans were forced to relocate and millions of acres of land were ruined. Questions below:

1. What act was passed that encouraged Americans to settle in the Great Plains?
2. What is erosion?
3. The dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, was called what?
4. How many Americans migrated out of the regions affected?
5. What do you think farmers could have done to lessen the amount of erosion?

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[oliviabasham]

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