The Dust Bowl: How The Dust Bowl Began
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The Dust Bowl during the 1930s was a time that tested American tenacity and resilience. It was the time when one of the greatest man-made American catastrophes caused the migration of countless families because the 10-year drought had rendered the area inhabitable. This clip illustrates the factors that contributed to the Dust Bowl.
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What was the Dust Bowl?
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How was the Dust Bowl created?
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Why does he call this event cataclysm and a human drama?
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills - Social Studiesidentify the impact of various issues and events on life in Texas such as urbanization, increased us...
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills - Social Studiesexplain ways in which geographic factors such as the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the Dust Bowl, lim...
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills - Social Studiesanalyze the impact of physical and human geographic factors on the settlement of the Great Plains, t...
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