First MASTERCLASS

Unit 9
In 1930 (0) ……..… of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) ……..… a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) ……..… their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) ……..… the
farmers of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4)
……..… was nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) ……..… had turned
to dust. The winds that often blow across the plains picked up the
fine dust, which formed into massive dark clouds that made
breathing difficult and farm machinery useless. The ecological
disaster known (6) ……..… the Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s,
resulting (7) ……..… useless farmland and homeless people in their
hundreds of thousands. Many went to California in search (8) ……..…
work, but the situation was no better there. After the stock market
crashed in 1929, milions of people were out of work across the
whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) ……..… a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) ……..… their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) ……..… the
farmers of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4)
……..… was nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) ……..… had turned
to dust. The winds that often blow across the plains picked up the
fine dust, which formed into massive dark clouds that made
breathing difficult and farm machinery useless. The ecological
disaster known (6) ……..… the Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s,
resulting (7) ……..… useless farmland and homeless people in their
hundreds of thousands. Many went to California in search (8) ……..…
work, but the situation was no better there. After the stock market
crashed in 1929, milions of people were out of work across the
whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) by a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) ……..… their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) ……..… the
farmers of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4)
……..… was nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) ……..… had turned
to dust. The winds that often blow across the plains picked up the
fine dust, which formed into massive dark clouds that made
breathing difficult and farm machinery useless. The ecological
disaster known (6) ……..… the Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s,
resulting (7) ……..… useless farmland and homeless people in their
hundreds of thousands. Many went to California in search (8) ……..…
work, but the situation was no better there. After the stock market
crashed in 1929, milions of people were out of work across the
whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) by a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) and their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) ……..… the
farmers of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4)
……..… was nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) ……..… had turned
to dust. The winds that often blow across the plains picked up the
fine dust, which formed into massive dark clouds that made
breathing difficult and farm machinery useless. The ecological
disaster known (6) ……..… the Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s,
resulting (7) ……..… useless farmland and homeless people in their
hundreds of thousands. Many went to California in search (8) ……..…
work, but the situation was no better there. After the stock market
crashed in 1929, milions of people were out of work across the
whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) by a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) and their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) for the farmers
of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4) ……..…
was nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) ……..… had turned to dust.
The winds that often blow across the plains picked up the fine dust,
which formed into massive dark clouds that made breathing difficult
and farm machinery useless. The ecological disaster known (6) ……..…
the Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s, resulting (7) ……..… useless
farmland and homeless people in their hundreds of thousands. Many
went to California in search (8) ……..… work, but the situation was no
better there. After the stock market crashed in 1929, milions of
people were out of work across the whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) by a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) and their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) for the farmers
of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4) there was
nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) ……..… had turned to dust. The
winds that often blow across the plains picked up the fine dust,
which formed into massive dark clouds that made breathing difficult
and farm machinery useless. The ecological disaster known (6) ……..…
the Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s, resulting (7) ……..… useless
farmland and homeless people in their hundreds of thousands. Many
went to California in search (8) ……..… work, but the situation was no
better there. After the stock market crashed in 1929, milions of
people were out of work across the whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) by a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) and their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) for the farmers
of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4) there was
nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) which had turned to dust. The
winds that often blow across the plains picked up the fine dust,
which formed into massive dark clouds that made breathing difficult
and farm machinery useless. The ecological disaster known (6) ……..…
the Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s, resulting (7) ……..… useless
farmland and homeless people in their hundreds of thousands. Many
went to California in search (8) ……..… work, but the situation was no
better there. After the stock market crashed in 1929, milions of
people were out of work across the whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) by a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) and their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) for the farmers
of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4) there was
nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) which had turned to dust. The
winds that often blow across the plains picked up the fine dust,
which formed into massive dark clouds that made breathing difficult
and farm machinery useless. The ecological disaster known (6) as the
Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s, resulting (7) ……..… useless
farmland and homeless people in their hundreds of thousands. Many
went to California in search (8) ……..… work, but the situation was no
better there. After the stock market crashed in 1929, milions of
people were out of work across the whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) by a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) and their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) for the farmers
of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4) there was
nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) which had turned to dust. The
winds that often blow across the plains picked up the fine dust,
which formed into massive dark clouds that made breathing difficult
and farm machinery useless. The ecological disaster known (6) as the
Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s, resulting (7) in useless farmland
and homeless people in their hundreds of thousands. Many went to
California in search (8) ……..… work, but the situation was no better
there. After the stock market crashed in 1929, milions of people were
out of work across the whole of the USA.
In 1930 (0) much of the United States and Canda, but particulalrly
the areas ofthe Great Plains, was affected (1) by a long-term
drought, which continued for a decade. Years of bad farming
practices, including the removal of native grasses (2) and their
replacement with seasonal crops, were disastrous (3) for the farmers
of the area. When the drought caused the crops to fail, (4) there was
nothing left to anchor the top soil, (5) which had turned to dust. The
winds that often blow across the plains picked up the fine dust,
which formed into massive dark clouds that made breathing difficult
and farm machinery useless. The ecological disaster known (6) as the
Dust Bowl lasted though the 1930s, resulting (7) in useless farmland
and homeless people in their hundreds of thousands. Many went to
California in search (8) of work, but the situation was no better
there. After the stock market crashed in 1929, milions of people were
out of work across the whole of the USA.