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Damaged Land

What led to the dry soil?

Goal:

Goal:

Farmer walking in dust storm Cimarron County Oklahoma.

Learn what caused the soil to dry out, turn to dust, and blow away.

Wheat was in high demand.

wheat and money icons

New land acts gave inexperienced farmers large aras of land.

Asian farmer holding a certificate.

The land was over-plowed, and the soil lost its quality and began to erode.

A farmer standing next to a dried dead tree.

Drought caused the soil to dry up.

dried up soil from a drought

Eroding, dry soil led to massive dust storms.

dust storms