How did the overuse of land and odd weather patterns contribute to the Great
Depression?

It caused the Dust bowl

Explanation:

The great depression started in 1929, a year of after the dust bowl began, it was because the land was so weak and dry that dust wold form in huge amounts and that contributed to the great depression, making it very hard to grow crops.

the answer is a. since they were a huge producer of cotton and wanted the most money for it.

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