Dust Bowl

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.

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.