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