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The Dust Bowl

Wheat Will Win the War

Learn about what caused "The Great Plow Up" and the slogan "Wheat Will Win the War."

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The storms and the Great Depression continued.
The Great Plow-Up
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The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
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