The Great Depression
And
The Dust Bowl
Directions:
Use the following links to help you find information to answer the following
questions. You may either type your answers into a Word document or handwrite
them on notebook paper. Either way, they must be answered in complete sentences.
Links: Type in the URL addresses slowly and carefully.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm
http://www.ptsi.net/user/museum/dustbowl.html
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.htm
http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1920.htm
Note: If you are unable to find the information you need in the links above, then
research your questions to find the answers you need. BE SURE TO INCLUDE
THE URL ADDRESS IN YOUR ANSWER.
The Great Depression:
1. What year did the Great Depression begin?
2. What things were people doing during the “Roaring 20’s”, and how did these
lead to the beginning of the Great Depression?
3. Why was President Herbert Hoover considered to be the reason for the Great
Depression? What President took over after Hoover left office?
4. What was the average income of Americans between 1929 and 1932?
5. Why was it humiliating for men during the Great Depression years?
6. How much did milk, eggs, and bread cost by 1932?
7. By 1933, what percentage of Americans was unemployed?
8. Name two diseases that became common during the Great Depression.
9. What was the reason that F.D.R and Congress started the Emergency Banking
Act in 1933?
10. What war helped the United States to end the Great Depression?
The Dust Bowl:
11. What important crop was grown in the early 1930’s?
12. Why was wheat considered “a real good thing”?
13. What year did the Dust Bowl begin?
14. What caused the Dust Bowl? Be sure to explain.
15. What five states made up what became known as the Dust Bowl?
16. Name four different severe types of storms that occurred in the 1930’s.
17. What is a dust storm?
18. Between 1932 and 1933, how many dust storms occurred?
19. When did ‘Black Sunday’ occur? What made ‘Black Sunday’ such a
devastating and dangerous day in history?
20. What is the estimated amount of topsoil that was blown off of the Southern
Plains of the US during the Dust Bowl years?
21. Why was it considered a “God send” to farmers to give up their cattle to the
Drought Relief?
22. How much were farmers paid by the government for each head of cattle?
23. What percentage of the US was affected by the drought? How many states
in total were severely affected by the drought?
24. What was the job of the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation?
25. When did the rains finally arrive to relieve the drought in the Midwest? What
was the most valuable lesson learned from the Dust Bowl?
26. PRINT OUT ONE PHOTO FROM THE DUST BOWL PERIOD.