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The 32 pages that link to Dust Bowl, each with the reason it gives.

• Great DepressionBroader topic: Drought and displacement compounded the economic crisis for farming communities.

• DesertificationBroader topic: It demonstrates how drought and intensive farming can combine to expose vast areas of soil.

• Endorheic basinCompared with: It shows that dust storms can arise from land degradation without a closed basin.

• Climate migrationCompared with: It illustrates migration during an environmental crisis, while its causes included land use as well as drought.

• Great PlainsBroader topic: It exposed how drought and intensive plowing could destabilize Plains soils.

• Dust stormBroader topic: It is a landmark case linking drought, farming practices, and wind erosion.

• No-till farmingRelated: The disaster exposed the costs of erosion-prone farming and strengthened interest in soil conservation.

• Soil conservationBroader topic: The disaster exposed the consequences of vulnerable soils and prompted major conservation efforts.

• Jazz AgeCompared with: Its ecological and economic devastation contrasts with the Jazz Age’s urban image of abundance.

• Homestead ActRelated: Settlement and cultivation on fragile prairie soils contributed to later erosion risks.

• Environmental historyBroader topic: It exposes the interaction of farming practices, climate, and economic crisis.

• Woody GuthrieRelated: Dust Bowl migration shaped Guthrie’s travels and many of his songs.

• TexasRelated: Drought and soil erosion affected Texas farming and intensified pressure to conserve land.

• The Grapes of WrathRelated: Drought and dust storms help drive the Joads from Oklahoma.

• West African monsoonCompared with: It offers a contrasting case of drought driven by a different climate regime and land use.

• Wind erosionBroader topic: This historical disaster showed how drought and land misuse can amplify wind erosion.

• Environmental migrationBroader topic: Farm failures prompted substantial migration, demonstrating environmental movement in a historical setting.

• Migrant MotherCompared with: The image is often associated with Dust Bowl displacement, though Thompson’s family had not fled Oklahoma.

• Civilian Conservation CorpsRelated: The crisis highlighted soil and land-management problems addressed by conservation programs.

• Western United StatesRelated: Its hardship drove migration westward and exposed the costs of fragile land use.

• PrairieBroader topic: Plowing native grassland left exposed soil vulnerable during drought.

• John SteinbeckRelated: Dust Bowl displacement supplied the historical backdrop for the Joad family’s migration.

• Canadian PrairiesRelated: Drought and soil erosion exposed the risks of farming fragile prairie soils.

• Oklahoma CityRelated: Its hardships drove migration into Oklahoma City and shaped the region's twentieth-century history.

• Southwestern United StatesRelated: Its migration streams reached the Southwest and reshaped regional populations and farming.

• TopsoilBroader topic: The Dust Bowl showed how farming and drought could expose and remove fertile surface soil.

• 1930sBroader topic: Drought and erosion intensified rural hardship in the United States.

• High PlainsBroader topic: Drought and soil disturbance made parts of the High Plains especially vulnerable.

• This Land Is Your LandRelated: Guthrie’s experience of migration and hardship informed his songs about the land.

• BakersfieldRelated: Migration from the Dust Bowl helped reshape California’s population, including communities in the San Joaquin Valley.

• Environmental history of the United StatesBroader topic: It exposed how farming practices and drought combined to produce a national ecological and social crisis.

• History of ColoradoRelated: Drought and soil erosion affected eastern Colorado farms and accelerated economic hardship and migration.