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1
Q

Where was the worst place to be during the depression

A
  • the prairies
2
Q

What is the cycle of rainfall

A

1931- summer dry
1932 - rain came
1933- drought returned for five years
1938 - rain came

3
Q

What happened to the land when there was no rain

A
  • subsoil beneath had no nutrients
  • top soil turned to dust
  • strong winds whipped it up into a black blizzard
  • wit drought came grasshoppers
4
Q

What did farmers family do when they were hit by depression and the dustbowls

A
  • gave up the telephone, newspaper and cars
  • fell behind on morgage
  • bank for closed forced off land
  • headed for the cities or moved closer to BC
  • over one quarter of wheat farms were abandoned in the thirties