The Dust Bowl (1930s)
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Was massive dust storms in the Great Plains, displacing 'Okies' and 'Arkies' to California; made worse by drought and farming practices
- B
Was a New England blizzard cycle that ruined dairy farms and pushed Yankee families westward to Oregon; made worse by a regional banking collapse
- C
Was a Florida hurricane series that devastated citrus growers and triggered migration to the Carolinas; made worse by tropical storms and soil erosion
- D
Was severe Mississippi River flooding that displaced sharecroppers from the Delta to Chicago and Detroit; made worse by levee failures and crop pests
Explanation
Captured in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939).