Question

analyzing a historical photograph

1. identify the event from the photograph.

1. identify the region of the u.s. that was affected by the event.

1. farmers on the great plains had to contend with two major issues during the early 1930s.

#1.
#2.

1. many who fled west to california were called
2. what was one effect of the dust storms across the great plains in the 1930s?

a. growth of the banking industry from farm loans.
b. suspension of government assistance to farmers.
c. increase in farm production on the great plains.
d. migration of farmers to california and other states.

Explanation:

1. The photograph shows a massive dust cloud engulfing a rural area, a hallmark of the Dust Bowl storms of the 1930s.
2. This environmental disaster centered on the U.S. Great Plains region.
3. In the early 1930s, Great Plains farmers faced the dual crises of severe drought (which dried out soil) and devastating dust storms that destroyed farmland, alongside the economic hardship of the Great Depression.
4. Displaced farmers who fled west to California were commonly referred to as "Okies," a term originating from the large number of migrants from Oklahoma.
5. The dust storms made farmland uninhabitable, forcing large numbers of farmers to abandon their homes and migrate west in search of better living and working conditions, which matches option D.

Answer:

1. The Dust Bowl (severe dust storms of the 1930s)
2. The U.S. Great Plains
3. #1. Severe drought; #2. Devastating dust storms (or the Great Depression)
4. Okies
5. D. Migration of farmers to California and other states.