The Dust Bowl

  • : 2012
  • : 4
  • : 9
  • PBS
  • 8
  • Documentary History

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The Great Plow-Up
Episode overview
18, 2012
In the early twentieth century, thousands of homesteaders and "suitcase farmers" converge on the southern Plains, where wet years, rising wheat prices and World War I produce a classic .. show full overview
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The Great Plow-Up
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18, 2012
The grasslands of the southern Plains were rapidly turned into wheat fields. Then following the early years of the drought, storms killed crops and livestock and literally rearranged the .. show full overview
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Reaping the Whirlwind
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19, 2012
As the Great Depression continued into 1935, the inhabitants of the southern Plains also had to contend with "black blizzards", violent dust storms that wiped out crops and .. show full overview
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Reaping the Whirlwind
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19, 2012
Black Sunday was only halfway through the decade-long crisis. The storms continued. The Great Depression still affected people. Government programs were instituted to help. Learn what .. show full overview

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