All of the Following Contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s

question 78

Multiple Choice

All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s except

• A) dry-farming techniques.
• B) unprecedented drought and wind storms of the trans-Mississippi Great Plains.
• C) farmers' failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment.
• D) the cultivation of marginal farmlands on the Great Plains.
• E) soil erosion.

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