Unfortunately we're still in Kansas, and its dusty
Identify one of the reasons for the Dust Bowl
What is over-plowing of the same land, severe drought in the Midwest, windy conditions and lack of ground cover
This Depression Era writer wrote his most famous book, The Grapes of Wrath, about a family's move from Oklahoma to California.
Who is John Steinbeck?
In many communities, these sprawling neighborhoods of shacks sprang up on the outskirts of town or in public parks to house the newly homeless.
What are Hoovervilles?
The worst day of the Dust Bowl is known as
What is Black Sunday?
This famous depression era singer sang such famous songs as "This Land is Your Land"
Who is Woody Guthrie?
These vagrants hopped trains to travel from town to town in search of work.
Who are hobos?
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas are
What is the states in which the Dust Bowl was most severe
What is refereed to as black Tuesday?
What the stock market crash of 1929.
People desperate for something to eat often went to these (Al Capone even opened one in Chicago)
What are soup kitchens?
Looking for a better life during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, many unemployed people did this.
What is became hobos and took to riding the rails looking for work
Who is FDR?
During the Great Depression (before the FDIC) when a bank collapsed what happened to your money?
What is you generally lost it all.
President during the beginning of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Name the three Rs, the three purposes of FDR's New Deal Programs.
What are Reform, Recovery and Relief
Herbert Hoover did what with his salary?
What give it to charity.