*What it was*
*How it happened*
*effects*
*Random Facts*
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The dust bowl was...
What is a series of dust storms
100
... type of weather caused the dust bowl
What is dry (drought)
100
Most people moved to ... when the drought hit.
What is California
100
In 1933, there were 38 ... storms
What is dust
200
It lasted about 1... (time)
What is decade
200
The farmers used ... topsoil
What is new (unused)
200
The government reserved ... million acres as protected federal lands (three digit, <300, >100)
What is 140
200
The term "dust bowl" was made by an associated press reporter in 19...
What is 35 (1935)
300
The drought came in three waves 1934, 1936, and...
What is 1939-40
300
Farmers performed ... which had displaced the native deep rooted grasses
What is Deep plowing
300
More than ... percent of topsoil was blown away
What is 75
300
An estimated 2 million people became ..., people who illegally hopped on trains to find jobs
What is hobos
400
It was considered one the worst ... disastors
What is environmental (or agricultural)
400
Failure to prevent ... erosion caused the dust bowl
What is wind
400
The people that left the great plains in search of work were know as ...
What is Okies
400
... Million people left their farms on the great plains in the drought
What is 3
500
It reached this ocean
What is the Atlantic Ocean
500
Insufficient ... of the land cause it to blow away in the wind.
What is watering
500
Black Sunday was when millions of tons of dirt blew into ... (City)
What is Washington DC
500
The dust bowl was also know as...
What is The Dirty Thirties
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