One of the primary reasons people are leaving their farms is which factor?

• A. It's winter
• B. Grasshoppers
• C. Too little rain
• D. Too much rain

Answer: (C)

The key idea here is how environmental disaster and economic hardship push farming families to migrate. In the Dust Bowl era, a severe drought scorched the land, so crops failed and soils dried out, leaving farmers with little income and little ability to pay debts. That combination—no rain, failed harvests, and looming foreclosures—made leaving the farms a necessity in search of work elsewhere. Among the options, the factor of too little rain best captures this central pressure driving families to move. Winter, grasshoppers, and too much rain are less representative of the main cause described in this context—the drought that devastated crops and livelihoods.