3-11, Dust Bowl and Migrant Families DBQ
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Jeremiah Johnson
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3-11, Dust Bowl and Migrant Families DBQ
Use Power Point Slides to view photos and documents to answer guided questions for this DBQ Assignment.
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Open Ended
1) Describe what you see in this picture.
2) When and where do you think this picture was taken? Explain your answer
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The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl refers to a period of severe dust storms and soil erosion in the Great Plains during the 1930s.
This region included parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and smaller parts of New Mexico and Nebraska
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The Dust Bowl
Dust Storms. There were more than 300 dust storms, also known as “Black Blizzards,” between 1933 and 1938. These storms often featured fast moving clouds of dust several miles wide that covered farms and homes, destroyed crops, and made people sick. One of the hardest hit areas was the Oklahoma Panhandle
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Dust Bowl- Displacement and Migration
Many people left the Dust Bowl region, abandoning their homes and to look for work in Western states, such as California. However, many stayed behind
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a cause of the Dust Bowl?
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Svobida Account (Modified)
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According to Svobida, how did the dust and wind affect crops?
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What exactly does Svobida mean by the phrase “power farming”?
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What, according to this Svobida, were two causes of the Dust Bowl?
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Government Report
The passage is an excerpt from the Report on the Great Plains Drought Area Committee. This report was created by was a government committee set up to analyze the causes of the Dust Bowl. Morris Cooke, Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, chaired the committee, but the leaders of eight federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture and Soil Conservation Service, signed it
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What problem is this report addressing?
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What, according to this report, were three causes of the Dust Bowl?
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What, according to this report, were three causes of the Dust Bowl?
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What do the photographs of the Thompson family suggest about life as a migrant worker?
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Describe the advantages of owning a car from the migrant perspective.
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According to the mother in this quote, what are the benefits and drawbacks of moving to California?
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