Where Did the Dust Bowl Happen? How the dust bowl is related 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. The Dust Bowl mostly happened in Kansas. 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 related to the Great Depression

The Dust Bowl was one of the great causes of the Great Depression. When bank loans went bad, credit dried up, and banks closed across the contry the Dust Bowl started. Their were barely any crops to eat, let alone buy because people all across the country lost their job to the Great Depression. The dust storm Ruined crops and the economy.

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.

"Dust Bowl Great Depression | The Dust Bowl | The Great Depression | Dust Bowl." Causes Of The Great Depression | The Great Depression | Causes, Effects, Timelines. Lockbox Marketing Group, 2011. Web. 22 Sept. 2011. http://www.thegreatdepressioncauses.com/dust-bowl.html.

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