Audio:QS110301.AIF C-box:What name did historians give to the great disaster of the 1930s caused by the overplanting and overgrazing of 50 million acres of American land? BallLoc: LineNum: GeoBytesUsed:6 PaletteNeutralPic: A-box or Headline5:N/A A-box or Headline6:N/A Correct:The Dust Bowl*QS110302.AIF* Wrong 1:Great Depression Wrong 2:The Great Famine Wrong 3:Black Tuesday Wrong 4:The Gold Rush Wrong 5:The Trail of Tears Wrong 6:Manifest Destiny Wrong 7:Reconstruction Wrong 8:The Homestead Act GeoByte1:Because of the dust storms, over four million people left the Great Plains in search of food and jobs. GeoByte2:The dust storms of the 1930s damaged fifty million acres (20 million ha) of the Midwest. GeoByte3:Oklahoma was hit hardest by the massive dust storms. GeoByte4:The dust storms often traveled at speeds of 80 miles (128 km) per day. GeoByte5:The massive dust storms were called "black blizzards." GeoByte6:Steinbeck's classic ^The Grapes of Wrath^ tells of one poverty-stricken Oklahoma family's migration to California to escape the devastation caused by the dust storms. GeoByte7: GeoByte8: GeoByte9: GeoByte10: FirstPictCast:["HQ110120.PIC", "HQ110220.PIC", "HQ110320.PIC", "HQ110420.PIC", "HQ110520.PIC", "HQ110620.PIC", "HQ110720.PIC", "HQ110820.PIC", "HQ110920.PIC", "HQ111020.PIC"]* VideoReward:#none Palette:PaletteQ3 StartVideo:HQ110320.MOV EndVideo:HQ110395.MOV QuestionVideo:HQ110350.PIC Glossary Start Glossary End