Across
- 3. The number of people who died from starvation _____ million.
- 6. Winds that blew away in huge clouds that sometimes blackened the sky.
- 9. Main cause of the dust bowl.
- 11. What died due to no longer having a food source.
- 15. What ended the dust bowl.
- 16. The main state that people fled to during the dust bowl era.
- 18. Was the number of people who fled the dust bowl states in the millions or thousands.
- 19. What body part were infections more common than usual.
- 22. Was the name for a mini tornado.
- 23. The region of the US that was hurt the most by the drought.
Down
- 1. Many of these were planted to restore the grassland.
- 2. Was the name for dried topsoil.
- 4. This was a nickname for people that migrated from Oklahoma, to California.
- 5. A massive dust storm traveled 2,000 miles to the ____ coast, where buildings like the statue of liberty were damaged.
- 7. Many of _____ were dried out by dust storms and were no longer edible.
- 8. The number of years the dust bowl lasted.
- 10. How much money per day in millions were lost during the dust bowl?
- 12. The dust bowl dirt was carried 300 miles to the ________ ocean.
- 13. Was the most popular crop during the dust bowl.
- 14. People who owned farms on mortgages had to sell their farms, due to having to pay back the _____.
- 17. It was one of the largest __________ in US history.
- 20. The number of distinct drought events from 1930-1936.
- 21. Was the Dust bowl a man made disaster and/or a natural disaster.
