Dust Bowl

A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm (Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936)

The "Dust Bowl" is a phrase that is used to describe prairie regions of the United States and Canada in the 1930s. The Dust Bowl spread from Saskatchewan and Manitoba, in the north, all the way to Oklahoma and parts of Texas and New Mexico, in the south.[1][2] In those areas, there were many serious dust storms and droughts, which caused major damage to the local economies, ecology, and agriculture.[1]

The Dust Bowl was the worst artificial disaster in US history. Many dust storms happened for years. It was also suffered by many Canadians and probably by many Mexicans.

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945: The Dust Bowl". Teachers’ Resources. United States Library of Congress. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  2. "Canadians Suffer the Dust Bowl". Le Canada: A People’s History – Une Histoire Populaire. CBC Learning. Retrieved April 12, 2016.

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