Farmers Planting Crops Instead of Grass

Drought and High Temperatures

Farmers Removing Wild Grasses

Farmers Adding Wild Grasses

when farms would close down banks when farmers couldn’t afford them anymore

when banks would close down farms when farmers couldn’t afford them anymore

when banks ran out of money

when farms produced too many crops and went broke

a period of great profit followed by a sharp decline

when farmers lose their property to a bank

a period of great decline followed by a sharp profit

True

False

when farmers replaced wild native grasses with their own crops

a bowl of dirt

a series of storms that flung dirt and sand everywhere creating dips and hills of silt

high temperatures and drought in north western Texas

Wind Erosion

Drought

Destruction of Grassland

Overgrazing

All of the Above

Destroyed Crops

Dirt Piled in Some Places and Gouged Out Others

People were Forced to Relocate

Dirt was Harmful to Eyes and Lungs

Destroyed Crops, and Tools Broken by Grit

Irritation to Eyes and Lungs

Huge Walls of Dirt

People Relocating to Safer Areas

Central Texas

Coastal Plains and Gulf of Mexico

The Panhandle and Western Texas