What human activities lead to soil erosion

The human activities that lead to soil erosion are deforestation and agriculture.

Explanation:

Soil erosion (the wearing away and displacement of the topsoil) may be caused by natural factors such as strong winds, water, ice and animals, or by human activities that make the soil weak.

Deforestation is the logging or burning of trees for the purpose of construction or the usage of wood for several activities (heating or paper-making). When they remove the vegetation, they leave the upper layer of soil (topsoil) unprotected against winds and water.

Agriculture is the activity of growing crops for the production of food. When farmers plant their vegetation, they remove the topsoil and this is mostly carried away by winds into water streams (they become sediments).

americans began to notice growing differences between the northern and southern sections of the country. there were more people living in cities in the north, which made it more urban. more people lived on farms in the south, which made it more rural. while many people were farmers in the northern states, there were now other ways to make a living, such as working in mechanical cotton gins factories manufacturing cloth, tools and other goods. people in the north supported high tariffs on goods imported from europe because the extra cost encouraged people to “buy american” instead. in the southern states, planters did not like tariffs because they sold most of their production to europe and bought their tools from there as well. southerners believed the protective tariff was something that only northern factory owners keep their profits high. so the southern politicians came up with an idea. they would opt out. they would simply ignore the protective tariff. it was ‘null and void’ in south carolina. the state would not collect the taxes on goods imported into south carolina, no matter what the president said they had to do. this decision led to the nullification crisis.

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