The Dustbowl 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryAmerica - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: graceCreated on: 17-05-13 12:00 The Dust Bowl took place mainly in the years 1930=1936 1 of 16 What were the main states affected? colorado, kansas, texas, new new mexico and oklahoma 2 of 16 Three other areas that were affected were... North and South Dakota, and some areas of Canada 3 of 16 what caused the dust storms? severe drought and poor farming techniques 4 of 16 what did the poor farming techniques cause? erosion 5 of 16 what did cotton farmers do in the winter months which was so bad? cleared the fields of any grass 6 of 16 How many storms were there in 1933? 38 7 of 16 How many acres of land had lost their top soil due to the dust storms in 1934? 100 million acres 8 of 16 what did the dust prevent from working? cars 9 of 16 What illness did many people develop in this time? dust pneumonia 10 of 16 Where did most of the farmers move to? California/west coast 11 of 16 Due to a lack of jobs, most of these farmers ended up living in... tar paper shacks with no plumbing or floor 12 of 16 By 1940 how many people had moved from the dust bowl states? 2.5 mil 13 of 16 What kind of programmes were developed to help the farmers? soil conservation and new techniques 14 of 16 what did the government give to the farmers? seeds and money 15 of 16 what were the farmers told to do to prevent the same problems happening again? to plant trees and grass 16 of 16
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