Baking powder is made of baking soda and the right amount of acid to react with the soda (it also includes corn starch to keep the ingredients from prematurely reacting in the privacy of their container).
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The Dust Bowl affected the agricultural areas and damaged cash crops, that most farmers made a living on. Also severe droughts were held that affected the land in the southern plains. Economy was declining as most farmers were poor.
Families also migrated to other areas of the country in search of work. A combination of drought, dust storms, low market prices for farm crops and a lack of soil conservation practices caused many farmers vacate their homes, leaving behind the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl included nearly all of the Midwest states.