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The Dust Bowl

The Wheat Bubble Burst

The stock market crashed on what came to be called Black Tuesday. In response to the lower wheat prices more wheat was planted.

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The storms and the Great Depression continued.
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The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
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