The Dust Bowl

Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

• When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.

• A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.

• When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.

• A general term for when objects become dirty.

What year did the Dust Bowl begin?

• 1930

• 2016

• 1954

• 1916

What human activity was a part of the cause of the Dust Bowl?

• Driving

• Building

• Baseball

• Overplowing

Identify a negative consequence of the Dust Bowl on farmers.

• Farmers had no consequences

• Farmers didn't have to work very hard anymore

• Farmers could't pay their bills and possibly lost their farms

• Farmers were worried there was too much rain

What environmental factor played a part in the cause of the Dust Bowl?

• Snow

• Drought

• Hurricane

• Rain

What group of people had the worst consequences from the Dust Bowl?

• Farmers in the Great Plains

• Doctors up North

• People on the East Coast

• People out West

What crop did most farmers in the Great Plains grow?

• Apples

• Cotton

• Wheat

• Pecans

What other major event was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?

• The Great Depression

• The Civil War

• World War 2

• Revolutionary War

What state did NOT experience the Dust Bowl?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Florida

• Kansas

What major events in U.S. history lasted throughout the 1930s?

• World War I and World War II
• Dust Bowl, Stock Market Crash
• Great Depression, Dust Bowl
• World War 1 and Great Depression