Ian and Ava - Crossword

5. second largest state in America, one place where the dust bowl took place
7. A natural disaster characterized as a prolonged shortage of water
11. The amount of people that were affected during the dust bowl
12. The dust bowl was caused by these people because they did a poor job or caring for their crops, causing the ground to dry up and turn into dust
15. An act passed by Congress in 1862 allowing settlers to live in 163 acres of public land
16. A natural process that move soil from one location to another through wind
17. A group of people traveling together, usually with animals and vehicles
18. farming machines used to cut grain such as wheat, and tie them into bundles
19. A name for the thousands of families that left the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression (it didn’t matter if they were actually from Oklahoma)
20. The amount of animals that dies because of the drought
21. farming machines used to loosen soil and destroy weeds around crops

1. A phrase for when there was so much soil being blown that it blocked out the sun
2. The area where many people that lived in rural areas moved to in search of work
3. A technique employed by farmers and local governments during the Dust Bowl that used terraces and contour planting to minimize water runoff
4. A western state of America that borders with the Pacific Ocean, and was the destination for most migrating families
6. One of the acts passed in FDR’s New Deal that paid farmers subsidies to not plant some crops and kill livestock to raise values
8. A famous novel by John Steinbeck that described how families fled from the Dust Bowl
9. One of the causes for the Dust Bowl, or when grasslands were destroyed by ranchers
10. The name of the region that the Dust Bowl took place, which stretches 3,000 miles along and includes part of 10 states
13. The layer of soil that was blown away in the Dust Bowl
14. Shelterbelts planted by the government to protect crops and soil from the wind