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Behind the Scenes | Making The Dust Bowl

Behind the Scenes | Making The Dust Bowl

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Official Trailer

Official Trailer

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Behind the Scenes | Uncovering the Dust Bowl

Behind the Scenes | Uncovering the Dust Bowl

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The Great Plow-Up

The Great Plow-Up

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Reaping the Whirlwind

Reaping the Whirlwind

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Environmental Catastrophe

Environmental Catastrophe

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Government Reform Programs

Government Reform Programs

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Relief

Relief

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Modern Machinery

Modern Machinery

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Recovery

Recovery

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Reform

Reform

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Low Valued Wheat

Low Valued Wheat

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The Dust Bowl

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The Dust Bowl 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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Reaping the Whirlwind
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Season 1 Episode 2
Reaping the Whirlwind
The storms and the Great Depression continued.
The Great Plow-Up
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The Great Plow-Up
The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
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