DUST BOWL 1930’s
Dust Bowl: The Dust Bowl was a time in the desert where it was very droughted and wind would pick up the sand and start big sand/dust storms.
Whole towns where covered in dust like in this photo
OTHER EVENTS GOING ON DURING/NEAR THIS TIME: The Great Depression was a very big event going on during this time and before this time period.
The dust bowl was a terrible weather event
getting better in the later 30’s. Those two
that let millions of people to be forced to move
events where very bad and left people
and some died. One of the worst was “Black
devastated and people would have to start
Rollers”. The dust storms would cover towns
getting better. The Great Depression was at its
and homes in sand that could trap people and
worst in the 29’s before the Dust Bowl started
ruined their crops. They couldn’t grow much and
but the Dust Bowl went into the 40’s too. These
when they could mostly it could be corn or
events left many people homeless and some
wheat. The dust could get inside people and kill
dead.
them because you do not want to have dust inside of your lungs that could stop you from breathing. The Great Depression was a very bad time when the stock market fell and many people spent as much money just to buy stocks before they fell too much. Many people got let go from their jobs and couldn’t pay for their family’s and would be homeless. People had to wait in lines to wait for food and other things. It started
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Works Cited Burgan, Michael. The Great Depression. Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point, 2002. Print. "Dust Bowl." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. Hard Times, the 30s. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1998. Print.
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1.Cimarron County Noun
County in Oklahoma “Than anymore in Cimarron County” P.G 6
2.Slants
Noun
Persons signature
“I handed livie the memory book They used different we'd all filled with our different words back then when slants.” P.G 8 we do now.
3.Old Mule
Noun
Suborn person
“She is an old mule on the subject of my schooling.” P.G 10
People don’t call someone who is suborn “Old Mule”
4.Straw Hat
Noun
A thing a person wears on their head to protect them from the sun
“She gave me a picture she made of me sitting on the piano, Wearing a straw hat, An apple halfway to my mouth” P.G 8
People in the 21st century don’t wear straw hats as much they do back then in 1930’s
5.Warm Spring Foundation
Noun
A hospital
“Not that Mr.Roosevelt will actually be there, but the money collected at the ball along with ball’s will go into the president's name, to the Warm Springs Foundation.” P.G 15
Warm Springs Foundation was a big thing where they were in 1930’s.
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Its is a place in the book in the Great Dust Bowl & Great Depression
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Noun
A city in Arkansas
7.Overalls
Noun
A piece of clothing that is usually made of jean.
“His Overalls halfhooked over his union suit.” P.G 32
People wore overalls back then than now. It was a common piece of clothing back them.
8.Dust
Noun
could be a dust storm and was mostly in Texas.
“On what life would be without dust.” P.G 21
Dust was a big part of The Dust Bowl because it was very dry.
9.Dust Storm
Noun
When a strong wind blows loose sand on dry land and the sand or dust creates a storm
10.Ripe as a melon Adjective
11.Willow limbs
Noun
Skinny, thin
“His legs like willow limbs, his arms like reeds.” P.G 59
People in the dust bowl lost so many things and couldn’t find food so they were really skinny.
12.Kerosene
Noun
Kerosene is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid widely used as a fuel.
“In a moldy box at the shop in Joyce City” P.G 19
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About the mom in the story and her store.
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14.Beaver River
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River in Utah
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