#2 Great Depression/Dust Bowl

Last updated about 3 years ago

10 questions

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Read the questions slowly!

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#2 Great Depression/Dust Bowl

Last updated about 3 years ago

10 questions

Note from the author:

Read the questions slowly!

Instructions

Read the questions slowly!

Required

Question 1

What did the government plant to help combat the effects of the Dust Bowl?

trees

hedges

ground cover

flower

Required

Question 2

What is the title for dark skies created when strong wind pick up and carry large amounts of topsoil?

Black Blizzard

Black Dirt

Blackout

Required

Question 3

What carried dust all the way to the East Coast creating Dust Storms?

breezes

winds

storms

Required

Question 4

Find the causes of the Dust Bowl.

rotation

overplanting

overuse of the land

drought

high winds

Required

Question 5

Where was the Dust Bowl located?

North

Mideast

Midwest

East

Required

Question 6

What were shantytowns built by the unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s?

Vernalvilles

Trumanvilles

Rooseveltvilles

Hoovervilles

Required

Question 7

What was the name given to the boys and men who rode the rails?

Scavengers

Hoboes

Unwanted

Mob

Required

Question 8

What was the name of the migration for the "Okies" and "Arkies" to California?

Labor Migration

Great Depression Migration

Dust Bowl Migration

Required

Question 9

A series of reforms enacted by Franklin Roosevelt with the goal to end the Great Depression.

Gain Jobs

New Deal

Reforms

Required

Question 10

10.

Money paid by the employee and employer

Food tax

Social Security tax

Income tax

Vehicle tax

Question 1

What did the government plant to help combat the effects of the Dust Bowl?

trees

hedges

ground cover

flower

Question 2

What is the title for dark skies created when strong wind pick up and carry large amounts of topsoil?

Black Blizzard

Black Dirt

Blackout

Question 3

What carried dust all the way to the East Coast creating Dust Storms?

breezes

winds

storms

Question 4

Find the causes of the Dust Bowl.

rotation

overplanting

overuse of the land

drought

high winds

Question 5

Where was the Dust Bowl located?

North

Mideast

Midwest

East

Question 6

What were shantytowns built by the unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s?

Vernalvilles

Trumanvilles

Rooseveltvilles

Hoovervilles

Question 7

What was the name given to the boys and men who rode the rails?

Scavengers

Hoboes

Unwanted

Mob

Question 8

What was the name of the migration for the "Okies" and "Arkies" to California?

Labor Migration

Great Depression Migration

Dust Bowl Migration

Question 9

A series of reforms enacted by Franklin Roosevelt with the goal to end the Great Depression.

Gain Jobs

New Deal

Reforms

Question 10

10.

Money paid by the employee and employer

Food tax

Social Security tax

Income tax

Vehicle tax