Question

Which fastors are examples of how physical geography may have affected

the Great Migration in the United States?
Check all that apply.
O A. The deadly hurricanes that struck most states in the southern
United States
O B. The ease of travel from the U.S. Southeast to the North and
Midwest
c. The destruction of southern cotton crops due to boll weevil
infestations
O D. The presence of mountain ranges across much of the western
United States

Answer 1

c. The destruction of southern cotton crops due to boll weevil

infestations.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cotton was among the most important crops in the agricultural south, and a nearly indestructible new insect species, known as the boll weevil devastated much of South America's cotton crop. In Alabama alone, cotton production decreased by 70 percent between 1914 and 1917. Southern agriculture has got a catastrophic hit and its labor force, mostly African American sharecroppers, has been found out of work. Thousands of black people went North in a mass exodus labeled the Great Migration,