Dust Bowl

What years did the dust bowl take place?

• 1910s

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1950s

The Dust Bowl took place in the

• The Costal Plains

• The Great Plains

• California

• South Texas

The effect of the Dust Bowl on farmers was made even worse by...

• The Great Depression

• The New Deal

• The Ice Age

• The discovery of oil

The _________ Bowl was an effect of farmers over planting, high winds, drought and a loss of topsoil and arable land in the central part of the United States during the 1920s-1930s.

• Super

• Melting

• Sand

• Dust

What did many farmers in Texas do during the Dust Bowl?

• They moved West to seek jobs

• Started businesses in Texas

• They had to grow cotton instead.

• Nothing changed for farmers in Texas

What is this a picture of

• Rain

• Dust storm

• Hurricane

• Tornado

Complete this sentence...

During the ________ a terrible drought struck

• 2000's

• 1950's

• 1930's

• 1800's

What area of the country did a terrible brought hit

• California

• New York

• Arizona

• Texas /Great Plains

The cause of a "Dust Bowl" can be man-made or natural

• True

• False

How many Trees did the CCC plant to help recover from the many dust storms

• 1 Thousand

• 1 hundred

• 60 Million

• 200 million