Black Sunday Vocabulary

In which sentence would the word "churning" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another ______ force: humans.”

• “For hundreds of miles around, people saw the same horrifying sight: a mountain of boiling blackness ______through the sky."

• “Those prairie grasses were practically ________.”

• “The _______grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

In which sentence would the word "destructive" fill in the blank correctly?

• “Those prairie grasses were practically ________.”

• “For hundreds of miles around, people saw the same horrifying sight: a mountain of boiling blackness _______ through the sky.”

• “The ______ grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another ______ force: humans.”

In which sentence would the word "indestructible" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another ________ force: humans.”

• “For hundreds of miles around, people saw the same horrifying sight: a mountain of boiling blackness _______ through the sky."

• “The _______ grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

• “Those prairie grasses were practically ________.”

In which sentence would the word "heartiest" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another _______ force: humans.”

• “Those prairie grasses were practically ________.”

• “The _______ grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

• “For hundreds of miles around, people saw the same horrifying sight: a mountain of boiling blackness _______ through the sky.”

In which sentence would the word "drought" fill in the blank correctly?

• “To lure white _______ to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”

• “Most important, those grasses could endure the area’s brutal weather—frozen winters, roasting summers, and bone-dry years of _______.”

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been ________.”

• “At first, those farms ______.”

In which sentence would the word "transformed" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been _______.”

• “Most important, those grasses could endure the area’s brutal weather—frozen winters, roasting summers, and bone-dry years of ______”

• “To lure white ______ to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”

• “At first, those farms ______.”

In which sentence would the word "settlers" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been _______”

• “To lure white _____ to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”

• “Most important, those grasses could endure the area’s brutal weather—frozen winters, roasting summers, and bone-dry years of ______.”

• “At first, those farms _______”

In which sentence would the word "flourished" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been ________”

• “To lure white ______ to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”

• “Most important, those grasses could endure the area’s brutal weather—frozen winters, roasting summers, and bone-dry years of _______.”

• “At first, those farms _______.”

In which sentence would the word "crisis" fill in the blank correctly?

• “Money was _____, but there was always food on the table.”

• “At first, those farms _____.”

• “The year 1932 brought a second and even more frightening _____: a drought

• “But by the late 1800s, much of the Southern Plains had been _________”

In which sentence would the word "scarce" fill in the blank correctly?

• “But the gigantic dust storm of April 14, 1935, was a disaster caused by another _______ force: humans.”

• “The ______ grasses could withstand the pounding hooves of buffalo herds that stampeded across the plains.”

• “The year 1932 brought a second and even more frightening _____: a drought."

• “Money was _____, but there was always food on the table.”