Black Blizzard Analysis
In the “Black Blizzard” written by Scholastic Scope 2002, it explains a black dust storm in the 1930-1935. A family prepares for a huge dust storm that is dangerous and life threatening. Farms in the south had a drought and lost most of their crops which made farmers lose jobs, america was already suffering from the stock market crash and the great depression. The dust storm killed many farm animals, stopped car engines, and the banks stole their homes and destroyed the farms for money that they owed Farmers moved south. In the south, it was hard for Okies(people from the south that moved) because the native Californians mistreated them due to being scared of them tried to make them leave. America became better, rain came back, Some Okies