Across
- 1. the term regarding the worst case of dust storms during the dust storm
- 3. what was planted to stop the blowing soil
- 7. a state comparison of how much land was effected during the dust bowl
- 8. a nickname for dust storms that swept the great plains
- 9. an act under FDR designed to protect farmers
- 11. animals that were killed during suffocating dust storms
- 12. result of a period of severe dust storms that damaged agriculture
- 13. occurred during the same time as the dust bowl
- 16. the president during most of the dust bowl
- 18. partially responsible for the dust bowl
- 19. fine particles of solid matter
- 21. an attitude that Americans had a sacred duty to expand west
- 22. sheets people used this to protect front of doorways and windows to filter the dirt
- 23. the state that contains the Poteau river that was hit hardest from the dust bowl
- 24. the state where farmers migrated to during the dust bowl
- 25. one of the most famous stories of the dust bowl by John steinbeck
- 26. the most popular crop during the dust bowl
Down
- 2. a nickname for the dust bowl
- 4. planting of trees to design to provide shelter from erosion
- 5. the second largest state in America that was effected by the dust bowl
- 6. the dust storm reached this ocean
- 10. caused by unusual high temperatures
- 12. the general feeling that farmers had during this time
- 14. the place where one-third of the victims of the dust bowl settled
- 15. caused dust to bunch up and cover farms and houses
- 17. chest pain and difficulty breathing due to high amount of dust in the air
- 20. the nickname for dust bowl refugees
- 22. a young songwriter from Pampa, Texas that wrote "this land is your land"