The Dust Bowl And The American Farmer - Online US History

Banks often suffered in the 1930s and lost money because they could not sell farms they repossessed. help farmers sell their farmland. help farmers sell their crops. sell tractors and other farm equipment.

During the Roaring Twenties, American farmers faced drought conditions. abandoned their farms. used cash to buy more farmland. produced crops despite falling prices.

What was the economic effect of the Great Depression on America's farmers? Farmers grew more and more crops despite drought conditions. Farmers could not pay taxes or repay money they had borrowed. Farmers stripped away natural grasses that held the soil in place. Farmers hid their money from businesses and banks.

Which directly contributed to soil erosion on the Great Plains in the 1930s? the Homestead Act railroads heavy rains farming

Which led to dust storms during the 1930s? farmers' financial problems crop rotation farming and drought ranching and heavy rains

Which best defines the term migrants? people who borrowed money but could not pay it back people who photographed others during the Depression people who rented the land on which they farmed people who moved from one place to another to find work

How were farmers and banks connected in the 1930s? Farmers lost their farms, and then banks lost money. Banks made money, and then farmers lost their farms. Farmers expanded their farms, and then banks made money. Banks lost money, and then farmers lost their farms.

People looking for farm work during the Great Depression often moved to California. the Dust Bowl. Oklahoma. commercial farms.

Which led to the dust storms of the 1930s? the consolidation of small farms the removal of grass the creation of cattle ranches the use of dry farming

During the 1930s, the large area of farmland experiencing droughts was known as the South. the Depression. the Dust Bowl. the North.

A reason that millions of people left the Great Plains during the Great Depression was to find gold in California. fertile farmland. jobs as tenant farmers. jobs to support their families.

Most of the people who migrated to the Great Plains in the late 1800s became railroad workers. shop and factory owners. factory workers. farmers and ranchers.

Migrants who left the Great Plains behind during the 1930s often ended up living in poverty in crowded camps. gained great wealth and prosperity in California. had abundant food, clothing, and shelter. often ended up living comfortably in their own houses.