The 'Black Sunday' storm of April 14, 1935, is significant because it:
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Correct answer: Was the single worst dust storm of the era, displacing 300 million tons of topsoil
Black Sunday was the most famous and destructive 'wall of dust' of the decade. It prompted Congress to pass the Soil Conservation Act just weeks later after dust from the Plains reached Washington D.C.
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