Question

How did increased property foreclosures affect people during the Dust Bowl?

(1 point)

A growing number of farmers worked together to collectively buy land for planting.


Fewer eastern banks bought the notes for farms located in drought-stricken areas.


Thousands of tenant farmers and sharecroppers were displaced from their land.


Many large financial institutions failed while local banks remained in business.

Answer 1

Thousands of tenant farmers and sharecroppers were displaced from their land. Increased foreclosures forced many off farms, displacing families and increasing migration.