Dustbowl

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Across
  1. 2. Administration that encouraged farm owners in the dust bowl areas to relocate out of drier areas
  2. 4. People who abandoned their homes due to the effects of the dust bowl
  3. 5. The upper layer of soil that was stripped away during the dust bowl
  4. 9. Cars in damaged and barely functional states, used by families to escape the areas that the dust bowl hounded.
  5. 10. A major crop grown in the high plains that contributed to the dust bowl forming
  6. 17. People from Oklahoma, and the surrounding area who struggled most due to the dust bowl and depression
  7. 18. Experienced by many within the area of the dust bowls due to the lack of available food and nutrients
  8. 19. Programs and initiatives aimed at helping those affected by the dust bowl
  9. 20. Caused by the carry of dust from the dust bowl, made a large amount of land much less effective for farming and less valuable
  10. 21. The day one of the worst dust storms struck the high plains
Down
  1. 1. Government program that hired workers to do different types of work, including the implementation of measures to fight off the effects of the dust bowl.
  2. 3. The industry and field of study relating to the business aspect of agriculture
  3. 6. A belt of trees planted from Canada to Texas that worked to hold the soil in place, and lessen the effects of the dust bowl
  4. 7. The region that experienced drought conditions
  5. 8. The executive department of the US government that dealt with issue relating to the dust bowl the most
  6. 11. The parts of Texas and Oklahoma that suffered the most major dustbowl conditions
  7. 12. individuals who cultivate land
  8. 13. Efforts to preserve soil and water resources
  9. 14. Occurred due to dry conditions caused by the dust bowl
  10. 15. Dust bowl caused this; land becomes less healthy
  11. 16. individuals who raise livestock
  12. 22. The main natural factor that caused the Dust Bowl; caused by lack of rain