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    The document discusses the Dust Bowl period in the 1930s. It affected several plains states, including Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Farming and cattle industries had depleted the soil, which became dry and barren. Severe dust storms arose when the winds picked up the loose soil, making the skies dark and the air difficult to breathe. Tenant farmers from Oklahoma, called "Okies," aimed to migrate to California to escape the dust storms, as chronicled in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. However, the migrants were not well treated in California and some were even kicked out. The government later established farming programs to help revive the land and teach farmers sustainable practices.

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    The document discusses the Dust Bowl period in the 1930s. It affected several plains states, including Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Farming and cattle industries had depleted the soil, which became dry and barren. Severe dust storms arose when the winds picked up the loose soil, making the skies dark and the air difficult to breathe. Tenant farmers from Oklahoma, called "Okies," aimed to migrate to California to escape the dust storms, as chronicled in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. However, the migrants were not well treated in California and some were even kicked out. The government later established farming programs to help revive the land and teach farmers sustainable practices.

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    The document discusses the Dust Bowl period in the 1930s. It affected several plains states, including Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Farming and cattle industries had depleted the soil, which became dry and barren. Severe dust storms arose when the winds picked up the loose soil, making the skies dark and the air difficult to breathe. Tenant farmers from Oklahoma, called "Okies," aimed to migrate to California to escape the dust storms, as chronicled in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. However, the migrants were not well treated in California and some were even kicked out. The government later established farming programs to help revive the land and teach farmers sustainable practices.

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    The document discusses the Dust Bowl period in the 1930s. It affected several plains states, including Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Farming and cattle industries had depleted the soil, which became dry and barren. Severe dust storms arose when the winds picked up the loose soil, making the skies dark and the air difficult to breathe. Tenant farmers from Oklahoma, called "Okies," aimed to migrate to California to escape the dust storms, as chronicled in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. However, the migrants were not well treated in California and some were even kicked out. The government later established farming programs to help revive the land and teach farmers sustainable practices.

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    Dust Bowl Documentary Q’s


    1. What industries were big on the plains?
    . [Farming, cattle]

    2. What states were involved in the dust bowl?


    . [Texas, colorado, New Mexico, kansas, oklahoma ]

    3. Who were the “suitcase farmers”?


    . [Nonresident farmers there to make money ]

    4. How did the land of the plains become barren (empty)?


    . [livestock and farming ]

    5. What started happening as a result of the wind picking up the barren and dry soil?
    . [Big dust storms ]

    6. What was life like as a result of the storms?


    . [The high wind caused the dirt/sand to rise up to 15,000
    making day to nighttime. Also it hard to see and hard to
    breath]

    7. Who were the Okies? Where did they aim to go?


    . [tenant farmers from oklahoma]

    8. What does John Steinbeck talk about in his novel The Grapes of Wrath?
    . [The journey of the okies. ]

    9. What did these migrants find in California? How were they treated?
    . [They weren’t treated well and some got kicked out]

    10. How did the government try to help the farmers after the Dust Bowl?
    . [They made a farming program. They helped the how to plant
    and revive the plant. ]

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