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.
Dust Bowl - Migration-Okies. - 1932: Combination of drought, loose topsoil, and high winds resulted in dust storms. Most of the dust storms started in the southern Great Plains especially the high plain regions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado.