Surviving the Dust Bowl

Use the website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/ to answer the following questions about the Dust Bowl Era.
  • Answer the questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. 
  • Use the Table of Contents and indicate where you found the information on the website.

 

 

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      1. Describe life before the Great Depression.
      2. Name one factor, which caused the Great Depression.
      3. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
        • List five accomplishments or interesting facts
      4. Name the five states which were affected by the Dust Bowl.
      5. Describe the severity of the drought in May 1934
      6. Name the event, which occurred on April 14, 1935.
      7. The Dust Bowl Era was the largest migration in US history. 
        • Where did the people move? 
        • Why did they move? 
        • Describe their life after the move.
      8. In February 1936 why did the police patrol the borders of Arizona and Oregon?
        • Who were the “undesirables”?
      9. In March 1937 Roosevelt’s Shelter Belt Program tried to protect the land from erosion. Describe the Program.
      10. What did Hugh Hammond Bennett do to improve conditions in the Dust Bowl States?
      11. When did the drought end?
      12. Describe the New Deal programs listed below:
        • Emergency Banking Bill of 1933 and the FDIC
        • The Civil Conservation Corps (CCC)
        • The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
        • National Recovery Administration (NRA)
        • Agricultural Adjustment Act