Dust Bowl

Question 1

Dust Bowl

Answer 1

extended severe drought and unusually high temperatures
*episodic regional dust storms and routine localized wind erosion
*agricultural failure, including both cropland and livestock operations
*the collapse of the rural economy, affecting farmers, rural businesses, and local
governments
*An aggressive reform movement by the federal government
*migration from rural to urban areas and out of the region

Question 2

Great Plains Shelterbelt

Answer 2

Project to create windbreaks in the Great Plains
states, begun in 1934
*220 million trees planted

Question 3

Farm Security Administration

Answer 3

Effort in the 1930s, initially known as the Resettlement
Administration, to reduce rural poverty and resettle poor farmers in
group farms. Known for its photography program, which eventually
became the Office of War Information.