Dust Bowl
What was the Dust Bowl?
A time in the 1930s when big dust storms covered farms and made it hard to grow food.
What was the Great Depression?
A time in the 1930s when many people lost their jobs and money.
What Happened?
People were buying lots of stocks with borrowed money. When stock prices started dropping, everyone panicked and sold their stocks, making prices crash.
What is a National park?
A protected area where nature, animals, and history are kept safe for people to enjoy.
What was a Hooverville?
A Hooverville was a place where homeless people built shacks during the Great Depression.
What caused the dust bowl?
There was no rain, farmers used up too much land, and strong winds blew away the soil.
What caused the Great Depression?
The stock market crashed, banks failed, and people stopped spending money.
Why was this bad?
Banks lost money, businesses closed, and millions of people lost their jobs.
What was the first park?
Yellowstone National Park was the first, created in 1872.
Why were they called Hoovervilles?
They were named after President Herbert Hoover because people blamed him for not helping during the Depression
How did the Dust Bowl affect the farmers?
Farmers lost their crops and homes, many had to move to find work and food.
How did the Great Depression affect families?
Many lost their homes, couldn’t find jobs, and had little food to eat.
What was the result?
The economy got worse, leading to the Great Depression, which lasted through the 1930s.
Why were the parks created?
People wanted to protect nature, wildlife, and special places from being destroyed.
What were Hoovervilles made of?
They were built from scraps of wood, metal, cardboard, and other materials people could find.
How did the government help during the Dust Bowl?
They taught farmers better ways to grow crops, planted trees to stop the wind, and gave money to struggling farmers.
What was the Dust Bowl, and how did it make the Great Depression worse?
A drought and dust storms ruined farms, so farmers lost money and had to move.
How did it hurt banks?
Banks lost money when the stock market crashed. People rushed to take their money out, but banks ran out of cash and had to shut down. Many people lost all their savings.
Who helped create the first park?
President Theodore Roosevelt was a big supporter, helping to protect millions of acres of land.
Where were Hoovervilles located?
They were found in many cities across the U.S., often near rivers, railroads, or empty land.
How did the Dust Bowl change where people lived?
Many families moved west, especially to California, but it made finding jobs harder because too many people needed work.
How did the government try to fix the Great Depression?
President Roosevelt started the New Deal which created jobs, helped banks, and gave aid to people in need
What did the government do?
At first, the government didn’t help much. Later, President Roosevelt made new rules for banks and created jobs so people could earn money again.
How does the government take care of national parks today?
The National Park Service was created in 1916 to protect and manage all national parks, keeping them safe for future generations.
What happened to Hoovervilles?
Many were torn down after President Franklin D. Roosevelt started programs to help the homeless and create jobs.