Dust Bowl

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Across
  1. 4. Lack of Water
  2. 5. Fine particles of solid matter
  3. 7. Condition of soil that easily breaks apart
  4. 9. Crops residue or waste material
  5. 11. Leader of Soil Erosion Service
  6. 12. Illinois city the dust blew to
  7. 13. Cash crops grown in the Great Plains region
  8. 15. Subtype of farm that mainly deals with livestock
  9. 16. Presidential plan to help the country out of depression
  10. 18. Day of 20 worst duststorms
  11. 21. Music of the time popularized by Woody Guthrie
  12. 23. Where the Dustbowl hit the hardest
  13. 24. Dry climate subtype that described the Great Plain region
  14. 26. Upper layer of soil
  15. 27. Author of "Grapes of Wrath"
  16. 28. Temperate grasslands
Down
  1. 1. Gusts of wind that take up loose sediment
  2. 2. Plants that have been over-exposed to grazing without recovery time
  3. 3. President who passed laws to conserve the soil
  4. 6. Cause of death for those in the Great Plains without access to food
  5. 8. Period of severe dust storms that damaged agriculture
  6. 10. Name of famous photo depicting mother and children ravaged by Dustbowl
  7. 14. Old decrepit beater cars
  8. 15. Mountain range that the plains lie at the base of
  9. 17. People who lost everything in the depression
  10. 19. New Deal organization that planted trees to maintain soil
  11. 20. Act that reduced number of crops grown
  12. 21. Organization that documented the Dustbowl crisis
  13. 22. People who fled from Oklahoma
  14. 25. Conflict which led to mass production of crops
  15. 29. Color of snow in New England from effects of Dustbowl