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.
In 1937, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) reported that drought was the main reason for relief in the Dust Bowl region. More than two thirds were farmers. Total assistance was estimated at $1 billion (in 1930s dollars).The report found that losses in the Dust Bowl affected the entire national economy. .(Source: Economics of the Dust Bowl, National Drought Mitigation Center.) For more, see Effects of the Great Depression.