The Open Road and The Dust Bowl Refugees!

What year was Route 66 finally completed?

• 1956

• 1975

• 1946

• 1936

Route 66 linked small towns and big cities from _____________ to ______________. Which two cities did Route 66 connect from?

• Sacramento

• Chicago

• Los Angeles

• Oklahoma

According to the text, what state was one of the hardest hit by the Dust Bowl?

In your own words, DESCRIBE the events leading up to the destructive Dust Bowl. (Multiple Sentence!)

In the text, Dust Bowl Refugees, what was the effect of Black Sunday on the people and farmers who lived there? Choose the best two answers.

• People lost their homes.

• People lost their clothes in the storm.

• People could not find their pets.

• People lost their farms because of damage from the dust storm.

Overall, how did Route 66 effect California's growth overtime? Choose the best two answers.

• Route 66 effected California's growth because many people drove west using transportation in a car.

• Route 66 effected California's growth by creating more gas stations.

• Route 66 effected California's growth through internal migration of people leaving one place to another.

Overall, how did the dust-bowl refugees effect California's growth? Choose the best two answers.

• The dust bowl refugees wanted to leave their homes because their family lived in California.

• Over 400,00 dust-bowl refugees lost their homes and farms which caused internal migration to California.

• The dust bowl refugees took route 66 hoping for a better life and agricultural work in California.

In the text, The Open Road, why did people want to travel west to California on Route 66?

• People traveled west on Route 66 because family was in California.

• People traveled west to California because they were tired of where they were living.

• People traveled west to California on Route 66 to seek a better life.

In the text, The Open Road, what was the first good road people traveled on?

• The Federal Road

• Route 66 Road

• Model T Road

• Ford Road

Read page 9, of 'Dust Bowl Refugees'....What does Woody Guthrie's song suggest about finding work after the Dust Bowl?