FDR's response and changes b/c of New Deal Flashcards

1
Q

When did a drought dry up streams and ponds? What dries up? What did the land turn to?

A

1932; crops; dust

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2
Q

What type of blizzard was created as the dust moved eastward?

A

“black blizzard”

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3
Q

At what time of day did the automobiles have to use their headlights?

A

noon

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4
Q

What did livestock die of?

A

thirst

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5
Q

What did millions of acres of farm land lose?

A

topsoil

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6
Q

Did thousands flee their home?

A

yes

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7
Q

What was the April 1935 stormed called which struck Kansas and traveled to Oklahoma and Texas?

A

Dust Bowl

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8
Q

What was the wheat worth that was destroyed by the above storm?

A

$20 million

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9
Q

What is the purpose of agriculture?

A

convert nutrients of soil into food and other crops

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10
Q

What was the double catastrophe of the 1930s?

A

severe economic depression and drought

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11
Q

What did the dust storms bury? How much topsoil was lost in some places?

A

roads, fences, and houses; 12 inches

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12
Q

What was created in 1935 to help farmers implement sound land-use practices?

A

Soil Conservation Service

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13
Q

Could another Dust Bowl occur?

A

yes

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14
Q

What areas became part of the Dust Bowl?

A

prairies of Oklahoma, Arkansas, northern Texas, and Western Missouri

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15
Q

What were the thousands of people called who fled the Dust Bowl?

A

Okies and Arkies

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16
Q

Where did the above people head?

A

California

17
Q

What is the name of the John Steinbeck’s book that chronicled the Joad family, farmers headed to California?

A

The Grapes of Wrath

18
Q

What read “No jobs in California… if you are looking for work-Keep Out”?

A

billboard in California

19
Q

What New Deal agency set up camps to house the Okies?

A

Farm Security Administration

20
Q

What did the “Okevilles” form the bedrock of?

A

still-thriving subculture in CA