Question

Which groups of people were particularly affected by the Dust Bowl?
(Select the two correct answers.)
(1 point)
Government employees working for the New Deal.
Tenant farmers who were evicted by landlords.
Bank owners lending money to corporations.
Sharecroppers who could no longer farm the land.
Factory workers living in large eastern cities.
Wealthy investors who owned multiple businesses.

Answer 1

- Tenant farmers who were evicted by landlords.
- Sharecroppers who could no longer farm the land.

These groups were among the hardest hit by the Dust Bowl’s crop failures and dust storms, forcing many off the land and into migration or poverty.