Dust Bowl Causes and Effects

What was the Dust Bowl mainly known for?

• A time of heavy rain and floods.

• A severe drought with massive dust storms.

• A period of great wealth for farmers.

• A time when many new crops were planted.

Which of these helped cause the Dust Bowl?

• Farmers planted fewer crops than usual.

• There was too much rain in the Great Plains.

• Farmers tilled too much land and removed natural topsoil.

• The government paid farmers to stop growing wheat.

What was a big problem for people living in the Dust Bowl region?

• Too much water made it hard to travel.

• Dust storms made it difficult to breathe and farm.

• There were too many jobs available.

• People had too much food to eat.

How did the government try to help farmers during the Dust Bowl?

• They told farmers to move to other countries.

• They encouraged farmers to plant more wheat.

• They created programs to help protect soil and buy livestock.

• They built new cities for farmers to live in.