Visual 1 shows an instance of a wide spread phenomenon in a certain geographical area in the early 20th century. Visual 2 is a screen shot from a famous movie. Identify the phenomenon, the movie and the connection.Answer: The visual is a dust storm that was widely prevalent in the Oklahoma/Texas region in the 1930s which led to the area being nicknamed the dust bowl. The movie Grapes of Wrath tells the story of an Oklahoma farmer family that had to migrate from the dust bowl in search of greener pastures. Mekie, Anshul, Hirak, Trevor Burnham, Rajesh, Vetti and Rajesh K got it. Well done.
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L:Dust Bowl or the Dirty Thirties
R: Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath
The novel focuses on the economic hardship caused by agricultural disasters (due to the dust storms) and the Great Depression.
The phenomenon is a sandstorm, the movie is The Grapes of Wrath and the connect is the Dust Bowl in 1930's.
Dust Storm/Bowl - Oklahoma - Grapes of Wrath
Would that be the dust bowl and The Grapes of Wrath?
Dust bowl & The grapes of wrath. The dust bowl caused severe damage to agricultural crops, forcing Oklahoma farmers to leave Oaklahoma. The grapes of wrath is set in those times and revolves around the story of one such farming family.
Dust Bowl
Henry Fonda in "The Grapes of wrath"
Dust Bowls or Dirty thirties that caused enormous crop losses partly contributing to the great depression. The movie is "The grapes of wrath". The family in the movie is affected by the dust bowl and the movie focuses on their travails
- Rajesh K
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