Question

What human factor most contributed to the creation of the Dust Bowl?

Answer 1

Answer: A

Explanation:

Over-Plowing Contributes to the Dust Bowl or the 1930s. Each year, the process of farming begins with preparing the soil to be seeded. But for years, farmers had plowed the soil too fine, and they contributed to the creation of the Dust Bowl.

The Dust Bowl was caused by several economic and agricultural factors, including federal land policies, changes in regional weather, farm economics and other cultural factors. After the Civil War, a series of federal land acts coaxed pioneers westward by incentivizing farming in the Great Plains.

The Homestead Act of 1862, which provided settlers with 160 acres of public land, was followed by the Kinkaid Act of 1904 and the Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909. These acts led to a massive influx of new and inexperienced farmers across the Great Plains.

Many of these late nineteenth and early twentieth century settlers lived by the superstition “rain follows the plow.” Emigrants, land speculators, politicians and even some scientists believed that homesteading and agriculture would permanently affect the climate of the semi-arid Great Plains region, making it more conducive to farming.

Answer 2

Answer:

A.

Explanation:

During the Great Depression, Americans suffered from the Dust Bowl. The drought-stricken plains of America was named as the Dust Bowl.

The Dust Bowl was caused because of overcropping, overgrazing, and no rains. This ripped the land from its nutrients making the land fragile and less fertile.

The human factor that caused the Dust Bowl, was the Crop Rotation. Crop Rotation was the technique that eroded the top layer of the soil from its nutrients.