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Activists scored a major victory
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Kansas later instituted a separate ban
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America continued into
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United states entered world war I
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By law any wine, beer or spirits Americans had stashed away
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New York followed suit and repealed its measures
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Severe drought hits the Midwestern and Southern Plains
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The number of dust storms is increasing
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6 million young pigs are killed to stabilize prices
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Franklin Roosevelt takes office and country is in desperate straits
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Emergency Farm Mortgage Act allots $200 million for farmers facing foreclosure
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Civilian Conservation Corps opens first soil erosion control camp
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Great dust storms spread from the dust bowl area
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Federal government forms a Drought Relief Service to coordinate relief activities
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The worst "black blizzard" of the Dust bowl occurs
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Kansas and Oklahoma remained dry
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Mississippi remained alcohol free