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The Dust Bowl

You Gave Us Beer, Now Give Us Water

FDR was greeted with signs along the road saying "You gave us beer. Now give us water."
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The storms and the Great Depression continued.
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The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
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