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.
The Dust Bowl extended across the prairie states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. The core of the Dust Bowl was located in Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico (see Dust Bowl Map below).