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- 2. who did the government give the meat it bought from the farmers to (_____ people)
- 5. while the precipitation affected wildlife and plant life it mostly created a shortage of ...
- 7. how many states were covered by the dustbowl
- 9. 440,000 people left this state during the Dust Bowl
- 11. the Dust Bowl lasted ___ years
- 12. Cattle became ____ during dust storms and ran around in circles
- 16. how much money did the government give in total to helping people affected by the Dusr Bowl
- 17. the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act gave millions of dollars to help ____ refinance tmortgagesagese
- 19. unusually ___ temperatures contributed to the Dust Bowl
- 21. what kind of depression did the dust bowl contribute to
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- 1. since the Dust Bowl took away jobs because people couldn't work on farms, people had to rely on the ___
- 3. the Dust Bowl affected mostly ____ states
- 4. people who ____ the airborne prairie dust suffered coughing spasms, shortness of breath, asthma, bronchitis, and influenza.
- 6. state that was affected the most by the Dust Bowl bowl
- 8. people were trying to get it to ____ by killing snakes and hanging them belly-up on fences
- 10. destroyed large areas of grassland
- 13. how did the Dust Bowl get its name
- 14. cattle and animals inhaled so much dust that may _____
- 15. what is it called when farm families abandon their homes and move to a new land
- 18. many people tried to protect themselves by hanging wet ___ in front of doorways and windows to try and keep dust out
- 20. what product grew in demand and caused the Dust Bowl