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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History since 1997

Reasons for the Dust Bowl

Wednesday May 7, 2008
As the Great Depression whipped through the United States, so did massive dust storms. These dust storms ruined farm land and sent farmers searching for work out West. But what caused these dust storms and why were they so bad? New research has provided some answers. Read the Live Science article for more information about this environmental disaster.

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