One result of the "Dust Bowl" was that
A. several million people on the plains abandoned their farms.
B. Mexican Americans and African Americans took advantage of the opportunity to settle abandoned land.
C. big industrial agricultural cooperatives broke up into smaller units.
D. California became the most populous state in the union.
Answer: A
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