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Soil Conservation and Federal Agricultural Reforms
Evaluate government responses to the Dust Bowl, including the Soil Conservation Service, shelterbelts, contour plowing, and crop subsidies.
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Agriculture, Overproduction, and the Dust Bowl Disaster
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Examine how industrial farming techniques, agricultural overproduction, and severe drought created the Dust Bowl and worsened the Great Depression.
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