Question

What caused the Dust Bowl during the Depression?

a.
Water had been diverted to Mexico.
b.
The wells and lakes dried up because of the lack of rainfall.
c.
The loss of glaciers at the poles caused changes in weather patterns.
d.
The topsoil and grasses were blown away because of severe drought.

Answer 1

D. The topsoil and grasses were blown away because of severe drought.

Step-by-step explanation:

It was a period of severe dust storms in the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a severe drought and the failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion.

The farmers did not have enough understanding of the ecology of the plains and conducted an extensive deep plowing during the previous decade.

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