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(12) Dust Bowl Quiz
(12) Dust Bowl Quiz
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Do you understand the causes and effects of the 1930s Dust Bowl?
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1
Farmers contributed to the problems that led to the Dust Bowl by
Intensive farming that removed grasses
Damming western rivers
Moving off of the plains
Putting down new layers of topsoil
2
Where did the Dust Bowl mainly take place?
Minnesota
California
Texas/Oklahoma
Iowa
3
About how many people lost their homes?
1,000,000
250,000
750,000
500,000
4
Black Sunday was the day the stock market crashed in 1929
False
True
5
To which state did most farmers migrate?
Texas
Florida
California
New York
6
Dorothea Lange was a photographer who showed the human impact of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression
True
False
7
What were the storms' nicknames?
Black Wall
Black Blizzards
Sand Hurricanes
Dust Storm
8
What were migrating farmers called in their new state?
Farmigrants
Sooners
Red necks
Okies
9
From what disease did many farmers die from?
Influenza
Pneumonia
Lung cancer
Tuberculosis
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What was one of the causes of the Dust Bowl?
WW1
Prolonged drought
Tornadoes
Great Depression
