The Dust Bowl

What area of the Country and what crop was being grown before the war, during the war and after the war?

• South and Cotton

• South and Wheat

• Great Plains and Wheat

• Great Plains and Corn

Farm workers were constantly moving looking for work. Since they were always moving they became known as

• Immigrant Emplyees

• Immigrant Workers

• Migrant Employees

• Migrant Workers

As mentioned in the video. What was at most fault for the Dust Bowl?

• Humans

• Mother Nature

Since the people were constantly breathing in dust. What organ was effected the most and caused people to die.

• Lungs

• Heart

• Brain

• Liver

A drought was _________________________________.

• A period of heavy rain and flooding.

• A period that was extremely dry and dusty.

• A period where people experienced a bountiful harvest.

Check the best answer to fill in the blank.

Black Blizzards were ________________.

• when the sun did not come out for days due to heavy cloud cover and dark rain.

• Snow that was so heavily mixed with soil that it looked black.

• giant dust storms that people could not see through.

Check the box that best fills in the blank.

Black Sunday was __________________________________.

• The great storm that hit Galveston in 1900.

• The storm with great walls of dust and high speed winds that engulfed entire cities and regions.

• The tax day flood.

Check the box that best fills in the blank.

Okies were______________________.

• People that farmed and were forced to move their crops.

• Farmers that moved from the Dust Bowl to California.

• Farmers that strung a clothesline between their house to find their way back.

Which state was NOT part of the Dust Bowl?

• California

• Oklahoma

• Colorado

• Texas

How did California react to the "Okies"?

• They were welcoming and helped provide jobs for them.

• They did not appreciate all the poor people coming and outlawed them.

• They created a program to help them get back on their feet.

• They built homes to hold the massive influx of them.