Common Core 7th Grade ELA Question of the Day

PBS LearningMedia (2018) explains that drought plus harmful farming that removed prairie grasses helped cause the Dust Bowl, and NWS (2017) adds that strong winds blew the dry soil long distances.

Winds carried topsoil hundreds of miles, creating 'black blizzards' that darkened skies.

Drought and poor farming practices like deep plowing destroyed prairie grasses and led to the Dust Bowl.

According to PBS LearningMedia, a combination of severe drought and poor farming practices, like deep plowing that destroyed prairie grasses, led to the Dust Bowl.