The Dust Bowl was a man-made environmental disaster. A long drought in the 1930s triggered disaster. Wind carried off the topsoil--dried out by intensive farming--in enormous dust storms that turned day into night as they destroyed farms. The Pare Lorentz Film Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum has produced this new animated video on FDR and the Dust Bowl. This video was created by FDR’s great-granddaughter Perrin Ireland. We hope teachers will use it to help the

5.6K views · 70 reactions | The Dust Bowl of America led to the migration of over 2.5 million people relocating from these states in the 1930s. This was the largest migration in the history of the United States of America. How did this affect the economy? Watch this video to know more. #Unacademy #Education | Unacademy | Facebook