DUST BOWL

During the Great Depression, city dwellers saved money by ____________.

• making their own clothes

• growing their own vegetables

• buying cheaper foods

• all of the above

In the 1930's, the Great Plains were hit by a/an ____________.

• 100 year flood

• tornado

• drought

• drought

The Great Plains were called the ______________ because strong winds lifted the dry soil and started dust storms.

• Dust Bowl

• Tumbleweed Trails

• Lonesome Prairies

• Windstorm States

Many of the Okies moved from the Great Plains to _____________.

• Arizona

• South Dakota

• California

• Idaho

The Great Depression ended in the early __________.

• 1920's

• 1930's

• 1900's

• 1940's

Because they had no other choice, farmers let their ______________ rot in the fields and ranchers killed their herds.

• Crops

• Cattle

• Dogs

An area made up of parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico became known as the _________ __________.

• Cotton Bowl

• Orange Bowl

• Ginger Bowl

• Dust Bowl

Farms were taken by banks because farmers could not pay their ____________.

• Debt

• Mortgages

• Workers

• Friends

The _____________ created dust storms so bad that it sometimes was dark as night during the day.

• Dry soil

• West Soil

• Dead animals

Many farmers moved to California in hopes of becoming ___________ workers.

• factory

• wood

• migrant