Geography
Facts
Miscellaneous
100
Where did the dust bowl happen?
The Great Plains
100
Name one cause of the dust bowl.
Stock market crash or drought
100
When is black sunday, and what happened on this day?
April 14 1935, the worst dust storm, during the dust bowl
200
Which 5 states were most affected by the Dust Bowl?
Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma
200
How did the stock market crash help cause the dust bowl? (1-2 sentences)
Food prices went down, so farmers had to farm more, which meant more plowing, making the soil easy to pick-up by wind.
200
What is the name of the song and artist of: "Blocked out the traffic and blocked out the sun, Straight for home all the people did run,"
Woody Guthrie, Dusty old Dust
300
Where did most of the farmers from the dust bowl region go, once the farming was no good?
California
300
How did drought cause the dust bowl? (1-2 sentences)
Crops withered, and soil became very dry making it easy for winds to pick up the dust and cause dust storms.
300
What was our thesis statement?
Drought and the stock market crash were major factors that caused the dust bowl
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