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What human activity contributed to the dust storms in the great plains in the 1930s?

Overfarming and poor land management practices such as extensive plowing and failure to rotate crops led to the topsoil becoming vulnerable to erosion in the Great Plains in the 1930s. This resulted in severe dust storms known as the Dust Bowl.


During the Great Depression drought and soil erosion contributed to an environmental catastrophe referred to the Dust Bowl. Of the states listed which was MOST affected by this regional disaster?

The state that was MOST affected by the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression was Oklahoma. The combination of severe drought, agricultural practices that stripped the land of its natural vegetation, and strong winds led to massive dust storms that devastated the region. Oklahoma was at the heart of the Dust Bowl and experienced some of the worst conditions during this environmental disaster.


Why did farmers return to the Midwest after the Dust Bowl?

Farmers returned to the Midwest after the Dust Bowl because of government assistance programs, improved farming techniques, and the opportunity to reclaim their land and start over.


What term is used to refer to areas of the great plains that became extremely dry because of drought and in which dust storms were common?

The term used to refer to these areas is the Dust Bowl. It was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture and ecology of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.


What human activity contributed to the dust storms in the great plains in the 1930's?

Widespread overfarming, along with poor land management practices such as plowing too deeply and not rotating crops, led to the erosion of topsoil in the Great Plains during the 1930s. This dust bowl effect was exacerbated by severe drought conditions, resulting in large dust storms that devastated the region.

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