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Causes
Effects
Aftermath
Great Depression
Economical/Social Impacts
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Human Causes of the Dust Bowl?
Farmers were overplowing the fields, failing to use windbreaks and rotating crops, and they were overproducing cash crops.
100
True or False? The Dust Bowl caused the Great Depression.
False. It did not cause the Great depression, but they did impact each other tremendously.
100
What did the lands look like after the Dust Bowl ended?
It was empty because of people and animals either dying or escaping and very dusty from leftover dust.
100
How did the dust affect how people were getting their money?
Lots of banks shut down due to the dust.
100
What is social impact?
Social impact is the effect an organization's actions have on the well being of the community.
200
Natural causes of the Dust Bowl?
There was a severe drought that was drying the soil and there were high winds blowing the soil around.
200
Which places were mostly affected by the Dust Bowl?
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico.
200
What happened to the farms?
The animals were blinded/killed and all the crops were destroyed.
200
How did the Great Depression cause unemployment later on during the dust bowl?
The dust ruined their farms and they had no other jobs because the U.S. was short on jobs during this time period.
200
What is economical impact?
The effect something has on the wealth, finances, resources or government of a specific area.
300
What are the Aeolian processes?
The wind's ability to shape the earth's surface
300
Diseases that were caused by the dust bowl? (name 2)
Dust pneumonia, asthma, rickets, malnutrition, valley fever.
300
What would happen to people after their farms or homes were destroyed?
They were forced to leave without money or a place to go.
300
What is social strife?
Strife is the act or state of fighting or arguing violently.
300
Where did the losses of the Dust Bowl affect
The whole nation.
400
Why was there overproduction of cash crops?
Farmers needed to make more money due to the Great Depression that was going on simultaneously.
400
What did people do to stay alive?
People would block their windows and also wear masks over their faces to not breathe in the dust.
400
Which became more common after the dust bowl?
Asthma became more common.
400
Why was it such a big deal if people lost their farms at this time?
It was the only hope they had because they were already poor due to the Great Depression.
400
How much of the population were farmers?
Two thirds of the Dust Bowl region were farmers. were farmers.
500
Explain the process in which the dust was being blown around.
The topsoil was loose and because of the dryness and so the wind picked it up and blew it all around.
500
How long did the Dust Bowl last and how long did the effects last?
The Dust Bowl lasted about a decade but the effects still exist today.
500
Was there more sickness or injury due to the dust bowl?
There was more sickness.
500
Did the dust bowl start before or after the Great Depression did?
It started after the Great Depression.
500
How much money was assisted in helping the Dust Bowl from the U.S government?
Total assistance was estimated at $1 billion in 1930s dollars.