Great Depression and Dust Bowl

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

• Driving

• Building

• Baseball

• Overplowing

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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

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What crop did most farmers in the Great Plains grow?

• Corn

• 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

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What state did NOT experience the Dust Bowl?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Florida

• Kansas

What crop did most farmers in the Great Plains grow?

• corn
• lettuce
• wheat
• plums

The Dust Bowl took place in the

• Pacific Northwest
• Northeast
• Southern Great Plains
• Mid-Atlantic States

The 1920s were known as the .....

• Raging 20s
• Great Raging 20s
• Roaring 20s
• Ridiculous 20s

By making poor investment choices and bad decisions, banking institutions were another factor in causing the Great Depression.

• True
• False