Where Did the Dust Bowl Happen? How the dust bowl is relevant to the Great Depression Sources

Where Did the Dust Bowl Happen?

The Dust Bowl took place in southeastern Colorado, southwest Kansas, and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. Though, most of the country was some how affected by this large dust storm.

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html

How the dust bowl is relevant to the Great Depression

The Dust Bowl was one of the great causes of the Great Depression. Throughout the 1930's, millions of acres of land was affected, and thousand's of farmers lost their homes Brandon Landry: Dorothea Lange and livelihoods. People could barely get to work because of the living conditions outside. Some people didn't even have jobs because of the Great Depresion. The Dust Bowl was a big impact on the Great Depression.

http://www.thegreatdepressioncauses.com/dust-bowl.html  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkpKRxR9rA8 September 22, 2011.

Sources

Ganzel, Bill. "The Dust Bowl of the 1930s." The Wessels Living History Farm, the Story of Agricultural Innovation. Ganzel Group, 2003. Web. 22 Sept. 2011. http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html.