This excerpt is from an interview with two women who lived in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Lillian Eells: It rolled in, and it just looked like a storm cloud. It was so black. We watched it roll in; did you? Luella Hardison: Yes. And birds and jackrabbits and tumbleweeds all went ahead of the storm It got totally black.You couldn't see your hand in front of your face. __ Lillian Eells: My dad was __ trying to drive? his chickens in __ he was trying to get through that wall where it blew back. __ was that dark. It was so dark. __ drive: move Which statement best explains how the Dust Bowl contributed to the Great Depression? A The loss of farmland on the Great Plains led to an increase in the prices of agricultural goods. B The selling of land by farmers on the Great Plains led the stock market to crash. C The destruction of crops on the Great Plains resulted in an increase in farms lost to bank foreclosures. The loss of topsoil on the Great Plains resulted in people migrating to northeastern cities

## Step 1<br />The Dust Bowl was a severe environmental disaster that occurred in the 1930s, primarily affecting the Great Plains region of the United States. This disaster was characterized by severe dust storms that caused extensive ecological and agricultural damage.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />The Dust Bowl had a significant impact on the economy and society of the time. The severe dust storms destroyed crops, leading to a decrease in agricultural production. This, in turn, the income of farmers, which contributed to the economic hardship of the Great Depression.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />The Dust Bowl also led to an increase in farm foreclosures, as farmers were unable to pay their debts due to the loss of their crops. This further exacerbated the economic hardship of the Great Depression.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />The Dust Bowl also led to a significant migration of people, as they were forced to leave their farms due to the loss of their crops and the inability to pay their debts. This migration, however, did not lead to an increase in the prices of agricultural goods, nor did it cause the stock market to crash.