CATS
Farming
Families
Storm Preparation
Living During the Dust Bowl
100
What is CAT abbreviated for?
What is Caterpillar.
100
What did dried up crops turn into?
What is tumbleweeds.
100
What did women sell to provide for their families?
What is cooking.
100
What were goggles used for?
What is to keep dust out of your eyes.
100
How fast could winds travel during a dust storm.
What is up to 60 MPH.
200
What type of farmers noticed the steel wheels on tractors were damaging their crops?
What is Orange Farmers.
200
What insect invaded the home and ate the crops?
What is grasshopper.
200
Who did men start relying on because they were out of work?
What is their wives and children.
200
Name three things people hung up in case of a storm?
What is blankets, sheets, tablecloths, towels, and clothing.
200
How long could heavy dust storms last?
What is several days.
300
Where were tractors taken to get their lungs removed.
What is the black smith.
300
How long did it take for the nicest crops to dry up after they were harvested?
What is less than two days.
300
Name two chores children had to do before school?
What is milk the cows, and feed the farm animals.
300
Name the two things you had to do if you were in a car during a storm?
What is pull over and shut off the vehicle.
300
Name two states on the east coast that were impacted by the dust bowl?
What is Boston, Washington DC, and New York City.
400
By what year were rubber tires being manufactured and sold on tractors?
What is 1933.
400
Name two things a tractor was used for before the dust bowl?
What is plowing and moving rocks.
400
What did couples delay because of the cost?
What is marriage.
400
What did people put aside in case of a dust storm?
What is food.
400
In what year did the dust bowl start?
What is 1932.
500
Between 1930 and 1932 the amount of tractors sold went from ____ to ____?
What is 200,000 to 19,000.
500
By 1934 how many acres of farmland had lost all or most of it's topsoil?
What is 100,000 million acres.
500
Name two rates that decreased during the dust bowl?
What is birth rates and divorce rates.
500
How often did families prepare for a dust storm.
What is every day.
500
In the year of 1933 there were how many dust storms?
What is 38.
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