Asked by armando
Which of the following directly contributed to soil erosion on the Great Plains in the 1930s?
railroads
heavy rains
farming
homesteading
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Farming and homesteading.
Explanation: Homesteading and intensive farming removed the native deep-rooted grasses and left large areas of bare, overworked soil. During the 1930s drought, high winds then blew that exposed topsoil away (the Dust Bowl). Railroads enabled settlement but didn’t directly cause erosion, and the problem was wind-driven dust from drought, not heavy rains.
Explanation: Homesteading and intensive farming removed the native deep-rooted grasses and left large areas of bare, overworked soil. During the 1930s drought, high winds then blew that exposed topsoil away (the Dust Bowl). Railroads enabled settlement but didn’t directly cause erosion, and the problem was wind-driven dust from drought, not heavy rains.
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