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History
Dust Bowl
Miscellaneous
100
rapidly throwing something
What is pelting
100
to die from the inability to breathe
What is suffocated
100
the decade this took place
What is 1930's
100
nsme the speed of the wind in a dust storm
What is 50 or 60 miles per hour
100
People from the West called the migrants this name
What is Okies
200
containing or covered with sand and dust
What is gritty
200
A piece or plot of land
What is parcel
200
people migrate to which state
What is California
200
It didn't rain much for how man years
What is 5
200
The family placed these under the doors and windows to block the dust
What is wet towels
300
Scanty, inadequate, limited
What is meager
300
The wealth and resources of a region or country
What is economy
300
Name three the Plains states that are mentioned in the story - five are mentioned
What is Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado
300
These two crops failed during these storms
What is corn and wheat
300
Banks sent these to knock down people's houses
What is tractors
400
rickety, unstable, fragile
What is flimsy
400
strange or frightened
What is eerie
400
This story is about some of the worst disasters in America's history.
What is dust storms
400
Explain what caused dust storms
What is there was no rain so the ground was loose, dry and dusty. Then the strong wind picked up the topsoil.
400
Californians spread rumors that the migrants were what
What is mentally retarded
500
to dislike or feel bitterness toward someone
What is resent
500
to illegally live on someone's land or house
What is squatted
500
Name the two historical events that were causing Americans to suffer.
What is stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.
500
Name the disease that people died slowly from
What is dust pneumonia
500
This number of people migrated from the dust storm area the west
What is more than 1 million