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#2 Great Depression/Dust Bowl

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

trees

hedges

ground cover

flower

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

Black Blizzard

Black Dirt

Blackout

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

breezes

winds

storms

Find the causes of the Dust Bowl.

rotation

overplanting

overuse of the land

drought

high winds

Where was the Dust Bowl located?

North

Mideast

Midwest

East

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

Vernalvilles

Trumanvilles

Rooseveltvilles

Hoovervilles

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

Scavengers

Hoboes

Unwanted

Mob

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

Labor Migration

Great Depression Migration

Dust Bowl Migration

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

Gain Jobs

New Deal

Reforms

Money paid by the employee and employer

Food tax

Social Security tax

Income tax

Vehicle tax