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Leaving the Dust Bowl

Leaving the Dust Bowl
Thousands of farmers and their families left the southern Great Plains region of the United States during the Great Depression, after severe wind erosion earned it the label Dust Bowl. Many of these refugees sought work and a better life in California.
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United States (History); Great Depression in the United States; Dust Bowl
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