Question 3 The farming and grazing practices of the early settlers led to a natural disaster. Which of the following practices
led to the creation of this ecosystem disaster?
Overplanting crops that could not stand drought
Plowing the soils so that plant materials were buried
Overgrazing the prairie
All of the above
Question 4
There were many factors that affected people who lived in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era. What was
the main factor that drove neople from the Great Plains

The Dust Bowl was caused by several economic and agricultural factors, including federal land policies, changes in regional weather, farm economics and other cultural factors. After the Civil War, a series of federal land acts coaxed pioneers westward by incentivizing farming in the Great Plains.

Explanation:

1) Manifest Destiny: The US Government wanted settlers to move onto the Plains as they needed the land to be settled and farmed and for communities and towns to grow up and expand. This was needed if the USA was to be a rich and successful country. The government therefore promoted the idea of Manifest Destiny.