Great Depression #4 Flashcards
What are hobos?
Mostly young men who moved from town to town in search of food and shelter.
What is the difference between hobos and homeless people?
Homeless individuals stay in one town and hobos move from town to town.
What was the hobo’s secret language used for?
Warning each other which towns were safe to visit.
What is the extra credit?
Fish on a trash can.
What happened in 1932 that caused the dust bowl?
The rain stopped falling in the Great Plains region.
What did farmers do so they could plant their crops?
They uprooted the natural prairie grasses.
True or false - The dust bowl was a man-made natural disaster.
True
What did the lack of rain and grass leave the regions with?
Erosion.
What happened for several years?
Winds swept up the dirt and carried it hundreds of miles east and west.
Why was life difficult for farmers after the dust bowl?
The best topsoil was blown away and the only thing left was very low-nutrient soil.
How many people left the midwest along route 66 to California?
2.5 million.
