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How did the dust bowl motivate the government to help great plains farmers?
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the government dammed western rivers.
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What happened to great plain plains farmers during the depression?
the farmers lost work because the could not sell anything because of the great depression.
Which book describes how the Dust Bowl of the 1930s affected farmers of the Great Plains?
The Grapes of Wrath
What part of the US did the Dust Bowl affect most directly?
the cental plains states
What was the name given to the area of the southern great plains severely damaged by droughtsdust stroms and misuse of the landby farmers during the 1930s?
That was the Dust Bowl.
How did environmental changes in the great plains lead to changes in America?
The "Dust Bowl" was the loss of farmland to drought and erosion in the 1930s. Many farmers left the Great Plains during the height of the Great Depression (1934-1936) and migrated to other areas, especially California, where some found work as migrant laborers.
Why was there competition between ranchers and farmers to settle the Great Plains?
There was competition between ranchers and farmers to settle in the Great Plains because they wanted to have more land.
What do you call a great plains farmer?
what are great plain farmers called
Farmers on the Great Plains were aided by what?
by the windmills
Why did farmers move to the great plains?
the US government encouraged the settlement of the great plains with the homestead act of 1862, promising 160 acres to any family that stays and cultivates the land for 5 years
Compared to farmers in the Northeast farmers of the Great Plains were what?
its more dependent on rail roads
Were most of the new settlers who established farms on the Great Plains farmers?
they were homesteaders. not farmers.
Compare To Farmers In The Northeast Farmers Of The Great Plains What?
its more dependent on rail roads
The type of agriculture developed by farmers on the Great Plains was?
Dry Farming
What type of agriculture did farmers use on the great plains?
Dry Farming
Why attracted farmers to the Great Plains?
The homestead act and free land.
How did European farmers contribute to the success of farming on the great Plains?
work
Why did farmers have difficulty on the great plains?
Because of the dust bowl duststorm
