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The Dust Bowl Years By Miles Johnston and Noah Weaver media type="file" key="Weaver:Johnston.m4a" Questions: A: During the 1930's 2. **Who was the first known person to call these storms the Dust Bowl?** A: Robert Greiger 3. **What was also taking place during this time period?** A: The Great Depression 4. **Why was their an economic crisis?** A: Due to the trade off between guns and butter from World War II 5. **What does the trade off between "guns and butter" refer to?** A: The trade off between the government spending money on the war or money on food supplies 6. **Why had the Dust Bowl occurred in the first place?** A: The government urged farmers to create more farms by tearing up the land, which caused dry and loose soils. 7. **Who told the American people not to continue destroying the land?** A: The Native American people 8. **About how many acres of farm land was destroyed due to the dust bowl?** A: About 5.3 million acres of land. 9. **Why were the people and farm animals dying?** A: Dust and other foreign minerals entering their bodily systems 10. **Where did the people move and why?** A: The people in this region moved to coastal areas to search for jobs and shelter. Sources: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/D/DU012.html http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Dust_Bowl/index.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkpKRxR9rA8
 * "Dust Bowl" refers to the vast amount of dust/dirt storms in Central America during the 1930's, also called the "Dirty Thirties".
 * The first person to refer to this series of storms was by an American Association journalist by the name of Robert Greiger.
 * During this time period, an economic crisis took place, due to World War II and the trade off between guns and butter.
 * Guns refers to the cost of war, butter refers to food and clothing that the people needed, so the more guns the government bought, the less butter that was available to the American public.
 * The main reason the Dust Bowl had even become an issue was that farmers were ripping apart crops/natural grasses all over America, which caused loose soil, and a drought did it's part to make that soil dry, which cause dust to kick up.
 * The Native Americans told the American people of how dangerous this was to do, however, the government and the people continued to be stubborn, which caused so many dirt and dust problems.
 * Over 5.3 million acres of farmland and wheat crop was destroyed due to [[image:crash.jpg]] dust storm.
 * The dust phenomena killed many people and farm animals due to foreign dirts and minerals entering the bodily systems.
 * Eventually, the people left this region to travel to coastal regions, such as California, to seek jobs and shelters.
 * 1. When did the Dust Bowl take place?**