2. The Dust Bowl

3. What Was It? Severe dust storms that destroyed the Mid Western states
Completely destroyed farms and land

4. When did it occur?
1930s

5. Where did it occur?
Mid Western United States

6. Who did it Impact? Farmers Families in areas
Created food problems for the US as crops were destroyed

7. Why did it occur? Farmers over worked the soil
Trees and other plants that held the soil down were gone
Drought
Topsoil was just loose dirt so when wind storms started it picked up the dirt

8. How to fix it?
US government sent out experts to teach new farming methods
Rotate crops and keep fields empty
Planted trees and plants to help hold the soil