2007-05-07 08:38:51 · 3 answers · asked by Girlygirl56092 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Oklahoma was one of the states hardest hit by the dust storms of the 1930s collectively known as the dust bowl. Oklahoma experienced a mass migration westward as "Okies" traveled mostly to California. For an excellent novelization of the events check out Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
2007-05-07 08:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mac 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I assume you mean dust Bowl. It was because there was a nationwide drought during the 1930's, and this dryness caused much of the topsoil to blow away in Oklahoma, and many other Western states. See 'Grapes of Wrath' to find out what is was like to live during this period.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032551/
2007-05-07 08:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Others are correct but farming practices at the time also helped create the situation where no earth was held down by green belts and practices in tilling played a part. Between the drought, and the Depression, it hit the US pretty hard.
2007-05-09 11:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋