Dust Bowl

How long did the Dust Bowl last?

• 100 years
• a decade
• five years
• one year

Which is not a cause of the Dust Bowl?

• drought
• no demand for wheat
• tractor
• the invention of the car

What were the people called who left the Dust Bowl area and went to other places?

• migrants
• travelers
• Okies
• loners

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What crop did most farmers in the Great Plains grow?

• corn
• lettuce
• wheat
• plums

What was there before the farmers settled onto the Great Plains?

• grass and buffalo
• corn and soldiers
• desert
• glaciers

Who was president when the Dust Bowl began?

• Nixon
• Hoover
• Roosevelt
• Obama

Who was president when the Dust Bowl ended?

• Nixon
• Hoover
• Roosevelt
• Obama

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Which way is not a way people traveled out of the Dust Bowl to other places?

• flew
• train
• car
• foot

What animal was clubbed to death on Sundays?

• grasshoppers
• worms
• jack rabbits
• toads

What economic disaster was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?

• World War I
• the Great Depression
• World War II
• the Gold Rush