Dust Bowl
Across
- 2. More than ____ houses had been torn down after one storm alone.
- 7. This encouraged small farm owners to resettle.
- 11. The government encouraged the settlement and development of the plains using this act.
- 13. This covered food,skin,and furniture inside sealed homes.
- 15. Also known as black rollers and are choking pillows of dust.
- 17. The drought dried the topsoil over and it became ____
- 18. After the black blizzards, witnesses reported they could not see ____ ft. in front of them.
- 19. Many Americans migrated in this direction looking for work.
- 22. The first one of these was made in 1869.
- 23. Where the Dust Bowl happened.
Down
- 1. What people were called that moved somewhere from Oklahama during the Dust Bowl.
- 3. Another cause of the Dust Bowl, lack of water.
- 4. Between 1930 and 1940, about 3.5 million people moved out of these states.
- 5. The Dust Bowl covered the Texas ______ and Oklahome ____.
- 6. Some explorers called it this during the drought.
- 8. Greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
- 9. The effects of the Russian Revolution and ____ caused agricultural prices to increase.
- 10. Many people had to abandon their ____ in search of work.
- 12. More than 500,000 Americans were left ____.
- 14. The drought occured for this many years.
- 16. One of the worst dust storms in American history and happened April 14th, 1935.
- 20. Many families migrated from Oklahoma to here.
- 21. The agricultural methods farmers favored during this time period created this.