Dusty Crossword

1234567891011
Across
  1. 3. The long period without rain that led to infertile soil
  2. 4. The most terrorizing storms during the dust bowl that covered the skies in a black storm of topsoil
  3. 6. Author of "The Grapes of Wrath"
  4. 8. The period of drought and disaster in the 1930s
  5. 9. Area that got hit by the Dust Bowl
  6. 11. The term given to the migrants that fled to Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl
Down
  1. 1. Excessive plowing of land to cultivate crops like wheat
  2. 2. The process many Americans did to find fertile soil and better living conditions
  3. 5. The president responsible for creating policies and enacting laws to alleviate dust bowl issues
  4. 7. The period of economic hardship in America partly caused by the effects of the dust bowl
  5. 10. The process of wind carrying topsoil that led to large dust clouds