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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Status	Ended
Original Name	The Dust Bowl
First Air Date	November 18, 2012
Last Air Date	November 19, 2012
Seasons	1
Episodes	2
Episode Runtime	1h 58min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	—
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Networks	PBS

S01E02

Reaping the Whirlwind

Black Sunday was only halfway through the decade-long crisis. The storms continued. The Great Depression still affected people. Government programs were instituted to help. Learn what FDR’s administration did to try to keep the southern Plains from becoming a North American Sahara desert. Find out why some residents finally decided they had to give up and move somewhere else and how some held on.

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