About how many people moved away from the great plains states during the depression?
a)100,000
b)250,000
c)2.5 million
d)10 million

what was the name for people who decided not to settle in one place but instead traveled along rail lines during the depression?
a)the homeless
b)wanderers
c)hoboes
d)hoovervilles

The Great Plains, a big chunk of land in the central United States has supported extensive cattle ranching and farming. From 1870 to 1930 the population of the Plains grew rapidly for the great agricultural potential that attracted millions of settlers. The rural areas gained more than 4.9 million residents during this period and peaked in 1930.

However, between 1930 and 1940, The Great Depression and severe drought forced many people to move away from the Great Plains; the Great Plains suffered a population loss of 2,500,000.

C is the correct answer.

During the Great Depression, many people were forced off the farm. In the 1930’s hundreds of thousands of men and women who had heard about works hundreds of miles away would hopped on moving freight trains, illegally and became hoboes.

C is the correct answer.

your answer would be (a)