The Dust Bowl

Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

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

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

• When a dust storm came through Lubbock, Texas one year.

• A general term for when objects become dirty.

When did the Dust Bowl occur?

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1940s

• 1950s

What cultural phenomenon also occurred in the 1930s?

• The Great Depression

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Gold Rush

• The Great War

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

• Driving

• Building

• Overplowing

• Baseball

What crop was being grown in abundance the US before, during and after WW1?

• wheat

• almonds

• carrots

• apples

What area of the US was affected the hardest by the Dust Bowl?

• The Great Plains

• California's Central Valley

• The East Coast

• The Southern Bayou

___ and poor farming techniques caused the Dust Bowl.

• Drought

• Rain

• Snow

• Flooding

Dust storms so thick they blocked out the sun were sometimes referred to as:

• black blizzards

• dirty hurricanes

• sandy fog

• thunder dust

Who was president when the Dust Bowl ended?

• Nixon

• Roosevelt

• Hoover

• Biden

Dust storms could cause livestock and human deaths caused by suffocation.

• True

• False