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what caused the dust bowl? a. coal mining b. soil erosion c. road building d. oil drilling e. a crop fungus

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soil erosion; farmers over plowed, essentially over-farming, their land, leading to expose the soil to wind. No prairie grass was holding the soil back so the soil blew away, causing the Dust Bowl.
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