Because the soil was depleted during the time of the dust bowl many people: a. raised livestock and had small gardens c. moved westward to coastal states b. moved eastward to coastal states d. began new businesses

It was really the beginning of the trek to California. A wonderful recollection of how this was done and why is retold in the Grapes of Wrath. California did not have the population base it does today and that's one of the reasons it was chosen.

Perhaps another has to do with climate. It is easier to keep warm in San Diego than in even northern Florida.

The correct answer is C) moved westward to coastal states.

Because the soil was depleted during the time of the Dust Bowl, many poeple moved westward to coastal states.

The Southern Plains suffered a harsh drought during the 1930s and had dust storms due to the dry weather. Livestock and people died due to this wheater conditions in Oklahoma, Texas, and Nebraska. Agriculture was impossible under these difficult conditions and people decided to move West in order to leave that dry place and looked for better living opportunities in the West Coastal area of the country.  

it was important in history as the site of the ancient city of yin

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