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The name "Dust Bowl" comes from an area going through a drought during the great depression.
 * 1) The "dust bowl days" or "dirty thirties" had a hard impact on Cimarron County.
 * 2) This was a tie area filled with blizzards, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and dirt storms.
 * 3) At this time the crop wheat was the most needed thing in 1926. The farmers in this time period would continuously farm with no thought to what they were doing to the land.
 * 4) Millions of acres of land that should not have been farmed were, limiting the amount of naturally growing land.
 * 5) 1930 was the beginning of the drought and was a very dry year.
 * 6) The over population of wheat crop made it drop significantly and many farmer when out of business.
 * 7) The drought stop the feed crops for the animals and the farmers were forced to use thistles until they stop growing then they had to use soap weed.
 * 8) The "Dust Bowl period lasted from 1930-1939.
 * 9) In September 1930 it rained over 5 inches in a very short time period of time in the Oklahoma Pan handle.
 * 10) In Cimarron County besides all of the flood there was a dirt storm that damaged several buildings and graineries.
 * 11) In 1932 there was a grain shortage because of early winter frost and winds.
 * 12) In January 1933 there was a huge dirt storm that killed that year’s crop.
 * 13) This was a time of great heat when the temperature went over 120 degrees.
 * 14) The farmers learned from this tragedy and taught them about the importance of soil conservation.
 * http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html

1. What year did the dust bowl start at? a. 1930 b. 1941 c. 1931 d. 1933

2. What year did it end in? a. 1949 b. 1939 c. 1938 d. 1942

3. In 1926 what were the farmers doing wrong that caused the dust bowl? a. They were planting too much wheat. b. Not watering their crops enough c. Used the land poorly d. Didn’t take care of the land

4. What year did the drought start in? a. 1931 b. 1933 c. 1930 d. 1929

5. How many bushels of wheat were being sold? a. 10 million b. 12 million c. 14 million d. 13 million

6. What were the worst years of the Dust Bowl? a. 1934-1936 b. 1933-1937 c. 1930-1935 d. 1932-1938

7. Where does the name “Dust Bowl” come from? a. An area going through the drought b. The drought being so bad c. The Great Depression on top of the drought

8. Where did the “Dust Bowl” affect the most? a. Swisher County b. Cimarron County c. Upton County d. Goliad

9. How much did it rain when it rained during the dust bowl? a. 7 inches b. 3 inches c. 5 inches d. 6 inches

10. How hot did it get during the “Dust Bowl.” a. 100 Degrees b. 105 Degrees c. 120 Degrees d. 112 Degrees