Dust Bowl

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Across
  1. 3. The dust bowl was centered in this state
  2. 7. The result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture of America
  3. 9. Federal organization created to promote soil conservation
  4. 10. With the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 many people migrated to this place...
Down
  1. 1. During the drought of the 1930s, the unanchored soil turned to dust, which prevailing winds blew away in huge clouds that sometimes blackened the sky
  2. 2. During early European and American exploration of the Great Plains, this region was thought unsuitable for European-style agriculture
  3. 4. This effect caused in increase in demand for crops (Conflict)
  4. 5. Type of crops whose failure contributed to the Dust Bowl
  5. 6. A farming technique that worsened the Dust Bowl by leaving soil exposed.
  6. 8. Migrants from the Dust Bowl region who moved to California.