Geography
Where did the dust bowl happen?
The Great Plains
Name one cause of the dust bowl.
Stock market crash or drought
In what year did the Dust Bowl Start?
1930
Which 5 states were most affected by the Dust Bowl?
Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma
How did the stock market crash cause the dust bowl?
Food prices went down so farmers had to farm more. Which meant more plowing, making the soil easy to be picked up by the wind
What else wa going on in America besides the Dust Bowl?
Stock Market Crash
Where did most of the farmers from the dust bowl region go, since they couldn't farm any more
California or bigger cities
How did the drought cause the Dust Bowl?
Crops withered and the soil became dry which made it easier for the which made it easier for the wind to pick up the dust and and cause a dust storm.
In 1933 approximately how many dust storms were there?
38
What was the era called when the Dust Bowl and Great Depression happened?
The Dirty Thirty's