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The Great Migration

Question 1 • AZ-US History B

How did the settlers of the Great Plains increase the vulnerability of the land? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer
A
Farmers rotated their crops too often in an effort to replenish the soil’s nutrients.
B
Farmers over-cultivated the land with plows.
C
Ranchers allowed their herds to overgraze.
D
Ranchers did not allow their herds to graze on the grasslands.
E
Farmers planted shallow-rooted crops like wheat, which could not hold in the soil when high winds came.
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