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Sample Slide with Image

1) Describe what you see in this picture. Note details and examine closely.2) Where and when do you think this picture was taken?

Explain your answer.

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The Dust Bowl

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The Dust Bowl• The Dust Bowl refers to parts of the Great Plains that experienced the most intense soil erosion and dust storms of the 1930s.

• This region included parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and smaller parts of New Mexico and Nebraska.

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The Dust Bowl• There were more than 300 dust storms, also known as “Black Blizzards,” between 1933 and 1938.

• These storms often featured fast moving clouds of dust several miles wide that covered farms and homes, destroyed crops, and made people sick.

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The Dust Bowl

Migrant family in San Francisco, 1935

Farmer leveling dust hills in Texas, 1938

• Many people left the region hit by the Dust Bowl. They abandoned their homes and looked for work in Western states, such as California.

• However, many stayed behind and attempted to maintain their lives and farms.

Questions:What were some of the key elements of

the Dust Bowl?How did these events impact Americans?