PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?
• A. Farmers aggressively harvested the land in the Great Plains, despite warnings from environmentalists that it could result in dust storms.
• B. There was nothing that farmers could have done to prevent the Dust Bowl, as they merely chose the wrong time and place to farm.
© C. Farmer's treatment of the land
weakened it against the elements and resulted in dust storms that negatively impacted life in the Great Plains.
O D. The Dust Bowl negatively impacted life for everyone in America, as dust spread beyond the Great Plains and farmers couldn't produce crops?