The Dust Bowl (1930s)

1. Drought

1.1. Crops withered

1.2. Distribution of face masks by Red Cross

1.3. Farmers continued to plow in hopes of rain

1.4. Summer 1936 - one of the hottest summers

2. Profit

2.1. Greedy

2.2. The Last Man's Club

2.3. Tractors plowed 50 acres a day

2.4. California

3. Survival

3.1. Lasted a decade

3.2. Windmills provided drinking water

3.3. Jack Rabbits "bunny drives"

3.4. Cornbread & beans dinners

3.5. Government assistance

3.6. 50,000 people left

3.7. Government slaughtered cattle to pay farmers

3.8. Children were vulnerable

4. Black blizzards

4.1. Illness - Dust Pneumonia

4.2. Spitting out dirt

4.3. Miles of clouds

4.4. Dirt in food & water

4.5. April 14, 1935 - Black Sunday

5. Southern plains

5.1. Virgin sod

5.2. Chocolate soil

5.3. Wild animals found dead

5.4. Soil conservation shown in movies by 1936