The Dust Bowl
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What was the Dust Bowl?
Series of dust storms that swept through the great plains area. Dust Wind Drought = bad news
Question 1
Who did the Dust Bowl affect most?
Farmers
Question 2
What did they try to do to prevent the dust
storms?
Plant trees and grasses to hold the soil in place
Trees also stop wind Also, (not in your book) but they
started crop rotations.
Question 3
What was Grapes of Wrath
all about?
Farmers who were victims of the Dust Bowl, move west to California in hopes of a better life
Question 4
How did movies and music help during the Great
Depression?
Took peoples minds off the bad things, temporary escape
Shirley Temple, Woodie Guthrie, Swing Music
Question 5