Geography
Facts
Dirty Thirty's
100

Where did the dust bowl happen?

The Great Plains

100

Name one cause of the dust bowl.

Stock market crash or drought

100

In what year did the Dust Bowl Start?

1930

200

Which 5 states were most affected by the Dust Bowl?

Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma

200

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

200

What else wa going on in America besides the Dust Bowl?

Stock Market Crash

300

Where did most of the farmers from the dust bowl region go, since they couldn't farm any more 

California or bigger cities

300

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.

300

In 1933 approximately how many dust storms were there?

38

500

What was the era called when the Dust Bowl and Great Depression happened?

The Dirty Thirty's

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