The Dust Bowl
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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The Great Plow-Up
S1 Ep1 | 1h 55m 15s
The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.

The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains
5m 45s
Wheat prices continue to fall and a drought begins the farmers look to FDR for relief.

Reaping the Whirlwind | Preview
S1 Ep2 | 30s
Experience the conservation efforts to bring farms back to life
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