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The Dust Bowl

In about 1934, a devastating drought dried out the Great Plains. At this time America was in the middle of the Great Depression and this did nothing but make it worse. During the drought the soil became very dry and was easily blown around by wind. It did not help that the wind was very strong at this time either. The wind would swirl around the loose top soil and create a black cloud that was referred to as "black blizzards". This ruined most of the farmers land and even kill their cattle. The thick layer of dust would make it impossible to go outside for a long time. Many families faced this problem and were left with little land or no farmable land. With this result many people went without work/money for a long time and the unemployment rate went up even farther then ever expected, considering it was already unexplainably high from the depression.

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