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The Dust Bowl

Mechanized Agriculture

Modern machinery made wheat farming more efficient and profitable.
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Reaping the Whirlwind
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The storms and the Great Depression continued.
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The Great Plow-Up
The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
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