All the following are true of Progressives except:

Believed that the government should control all means of production.

Explanation:

The progressives wanted government more involvement in controlling the private sectors. This is way different than wanting the government to control all means of production

This only mean that they want the government to create administrations that enforce strict rules/regulations to keep companies in line and prevent them from abusing their power to their workers/consumers. They also wanted the government to held the private sectors accountable over the environmental damage that is caused by their operation.

its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.

the causes of the dust bowls were severe droughts,   lands became dry and hard, temperature was higher than usual, hot and dry conditions killed crops, high winds. because of those factors, the winds kicked up dry soil and created clouds of dust.