Dust Bowl primarily affected which region?

• A. The Great Plains
• B. New England
• C. Pacific Northwest
• D. Deep South

Answer: (A)

The Dust Bowl primarily affected the Great Plains. In the 1930s, a brutal drought struck the central grasslands, and with the land left bare by over-farming and deep plowing, high winds whipped up massive dust storms that destroyed crops and degraded the soil. This region—stretching across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico—was especially vulnerable because its climate and soil are dry and loose, making it easy for topsoil to be blown away. Other regions like New England, the Pacific Northwest, or the Deep South didn’t experience this same combination of drought and wind-blown erosion, so the impact was concentrated in the Great Plains.