The Dust Bowl and the American Farmer

Question 1

Look at the statements below about the 1930s.Loss of grasses left topsoil loose and unprotected.High winds frequently blew on the Great Plains.Valuable topsoil needed by farmers was thus blown away. Which statement belongs on the blank line?

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Millions of acres of productive farmland became barren desert.

Question 2

Which led to the dust storms of the 1930s?

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the removal of grass

Question 3

Which best defines the term migrants?

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people who moved from one place to another to find work

Question 4

During the 1930s, the large area of farmland experiencing droughts was known as

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the Dust Bowl.

Question 5

Which most damaged topsoil and farming equipment during the 1930s?

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dust storms

Question 6

Which led to dust storms during the 1930s?

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farming and drought

Question 7

Most of the people who migrated to the Great Plains in the late 1800s became

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farmers and ranchers.

Question 8

Migrants who left the Great Plains behind during the 1930s

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often ended up living in poverty in crowded camps.

Question 9

Banks often suffered in the 1930s and lost money because they could not

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sell farms they repossessed.

Question 10

What was the economic effect of the Great Depression on America’s farmers?

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Farmers could not pay taxes or repay money they had borrowed.

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