The sand material that got into people's clothes, into the cracks of houses, into people's eyes and ears and into people's food
What is dust?
100
It raged over the fields of Europe in the early 1900s
What is WWI?
100
America's economy started booming soon after this happened
What country got back on their feet first after WWI?
100
1. What did they call the homeless people shack towns?
2. Why did they call them this name?
1. They called them Hoovervilles
2. Because Hoover was president and they didn't think he was doing enough to help the people
200
When there is not water for people to use
What is a drought?
200
They joined WWI in 1917
What is the date America Joined WWI?
200
They used this to start buying things again
What is credit and a regular paycheck?
200
What is part of one of FDR's famous Quotes?
"The only thing we have to fear is fear it'self - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
300
What was the land that was blowing away and couldn't be farmed called?
The Dust Bowl
300
More than 20 million people died
What is the death toll of WWI?
300
Airplanes, automobiles and kitchen appliances
What were the products mass produced by America after WWI?
300
Who did Hoover believe should be responsible for the poor?
Hoover felt that poor people should have been helped at the state level and not buy the Federal Government
300
1. What Treaty was signed in 1919?
2. Who signed the treaty?
3. Who accepted responsibility for WWI?
1. The treaty of Versailles
2. Germany and Allies
3. Germany accepted responsibility for WWI
400
Name THREE causes of the Dust Bowl
1. The Drought
2. Over farming
400
It was fought from 1914-1918
What is the date range of WWI?
400
Who's agricultural economy was torn apart?
Europe's
400
1. Who agreed to pay reparations?
2. how much did they pay?
1. Germany agreed to pay reparations for starting WWI
2. They paid 131 BILLION gold marks
500
1. Why did farmers move during the Dust Bowl?
2. Where did they migrate to?
3. How did the people react in the places they migrated to?
1. They moved because they lost their farms because they couldn't grow crop because of the drought
2. The migrated to CA
3. The people in CA did not want them there because they didn't want them taking their jobs
500
117,000 soldiers died
What was the death toll of Americans in WWI?
500
What was the main crop that farmers were growing in the early 20s that they were selling to Europe?
Wheat
500
1. How many Bridges were built during this time?
2. Who was President at this time?
1. 85,000 Bridges were built during this time
2. FDR was President during that time
500
1. What was prohibited in 1920?
2. Who made and sold it illegally?
3. What was a nick name they called it?