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The Dust Bowl
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1
What is a suitcase farmer?
Farmers who used suitcases in their farming practices
Businessmen bankers & lawyers who moved to town to be farm
Farmers who constantly moved to avoid the dust
Farmers who moved out of town to end the Dust Bowl
2
The New Deal can be defined as
The 2 year period of drought that brought back the dust
FDRs plan to fix America’s economy from the Great Depression
3
True or False: The "Dirty Thirties" caused many deaths due to inhaled airborne prairie dust.
True
False
4
What factors contributed to the cause of the Dust Bowl?
Drought
The Great Depression
Drought the Great Depression too much land being plowed, WWI
Drought and too many farmers
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Who was the President during the time of The Great Depression?
Richard Nixon
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
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True or False: The Dust Bowl was both a man-made and natural disaster.
False
True
7
What novel is written about the life of a family who moves from the Midwest to California?
Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
Schooled
Out of the Dust
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True or False The ecosystem disruption caused jackrabbits and grasshoppers to become endangered
False
True
9
What were people called that moved to California from the Midwest?
Arkies
Traitors
Okies
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The Great Depression can be defined as
The economic crisis in the U.S.
The 2 year period of drought that brought back the dust
11
The Dust Bowl can be defined as
The name given to the area where the drought was the worst
The 2 year period of drought that brought back the dust
12
What states were most affected by the Dust Bowl?
Louisiana, Oklahoma panhandle, Kansas, western Texas
Portions of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas
Missouri, northern Arkansas, Colorado eastern, Nebraska
Southern Texas, western Kansas, Michigan, New York
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What were “Okievilles” (also known as “Hoovervilles”)?
Shacktown built by people near cities that couldnt find jobs
People who moved to California from the Midwest
Farm Towns
Big cities
14
What was “Quintland”?
A town in Kansas
A farm where the Dust Storms first started
The hospital where the Dionne quintuplets were held
A site to keep people safe from Dust Storms
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What event caused the Roaring 20’s to end?
Great Plow up
Dust Storms
WW1
Stock Market crash of 1929
16
The New Deal was aimed to
End World War I
Promote health among the people living in the Dust Bowl
Bring new farmers to the Great Plains
Promote economic gains and fix the land after the drought
17
What was the date of Black Sunday?
April 13th, 1935
April 14th, 1935
April 14th, 1934
April 13th, 1934
18
Black Sunday can be defined as
The last major dust storm of the year
A period of farming that turned the prairies into farming
19
Why were the Dionne Quintuplets taken away from their family in Canada?
The family thought it was too much work
Another family wanted them
Their dad was abusing them
The family wanted them to grow up in America
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When did the Dust Bowl Era start and end?
1920-1930
1931-1939
1931-1950
1922-1944
