History Unit 2: The Prairie Dust Bowl Flashcards
1
Q
Where was the worst place to be during the depression
A
- the prairies
2
Q
What is the cycle of rainfall
A
1931- summer dry
1932 - rain came
1933- drought returned for five years
1938 - rain came
3
Q
What happened to the land when there was no rain
A
- subsoil beneath had no nutrients
- top soil turned to dust
- strong winds whipped it up into a black blizzard
- wit drought came grasshoppers
4
Q
What did farmers family do when they were hit by depression and the dustbowls
A
- gave up the telephone, newspaper and cars
- fell behind on morgage
- bank for closed forced off land
- headed for the cities or moved closer to BC
- over one quarter of wheat farms were abandoned in the thirties
