History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1381 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Dust Bowl
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The idea
Drought struck the Great Plains from nineteen thirty-one for eight years, and in nineteen thirty-five alone eight hundred fifty million tons of topsoil blew away.
In practice
The Yawp's account of dirt carried as far as Washington, New England and ships on the Atlantic.
Where people slip
The name Dust Bowl was coined in nineteen thirty-five.
Your place on the trail
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