The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl
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The Dust Bowl

7.9 / 10
2012
1 season
2 episodes
Documentary

Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

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Seasons

  • The Great Plow Up

    1.The Great Plow Up

    10.0
    18-11-2012118m

    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 rearrang...

  • Reaping the Whirlwind

    2.Reaping the Whirlwind

    10.0
    19-11-2012118m

    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 w...

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