Damaged Land
What led to the dry soil?
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Goal:
![Farmer walking in dust storm Cimarron County Oklahoma.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.accelerate-ed.com/image/8244ba57-c114-4e8b-a52b-a77e188579e0.png)
Learn what caused the soil to dry out, turn to dust, and blow away.
Wheat was in high demand.
![wheat and money icons](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.accelerate-ed.com/image/b82bd75e-e497-4f72-be9f-a2bf8f585272.png)
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New land acts gave inexperienced farmers large aras of land.
![Asian farmer holding a certificate.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.accelerate-ed.com/image/f87cd52d-89f0-4977-b729-2c11bc5eb8a3.png)
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The land was over-plowed, and the soil lost its quality and began to erode.
![A farmer standing next to a dried dead tree.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.accelerate-ed.com/image/5f8942a3-dab3-4ba1-acb9-0ab08a6c5ca7.png)
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Drought caused the soil to dry up.
![dried up soil from a drought](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.accelerate-ed.com/image/2da7603d-5488-4342-b0e5-28b6e2f4591b.png)
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Eroding, dry soil led to massive dust storms.
![dust storms](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.accelerate-ed.com/image/96ad3300-e03c-4c21-bf9b-1475d22cec50.png)