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Did most Oklahoma farmers head to the east coast after the dust bowl drought?
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∙ 11y ago
Actually, most of the migration was west, to California, rather than to the east coast. In the 1930's, California was still to some extent an uncrowded frontier, with more room for new immigrants than the older states of the east coast.
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Who were the Okies and Arkies?
The "Okies and Arkies" were migrant farmers moving from Oklahoma (Okie), Arkansas (Arkie), and Texas to California during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
What was a famous drought in the US?
the Dust Bowl Was caused by a drought and other farming reasons and was very famous in the nineteen thirties!
What was The longest drought in us history?
The dust bowl in the 18-early 1900s.
What kind of state did mostly farms move out of during the 1920s?
In the mid 1930s, a major drought in the mid-west caused dust storms, now known as the Dust Bowl, which forced thousands and thousands of people to flee their homes. This was mainly in Oklahoma.
What was the nickname for the migrant farmers in 1930?
The Okies and it didn't matter if you were born and raised in Kansas.
Did Most dust bowl farmers head to the east coast after the dust bowl drought?
No
Who were the Okies?
Oklahoma Dust Bowl farmers who migrated to California to find work.
What were two causes of the Oklahoma dust bowl?
The two causes of the Dust Bowl were drought and poor agricultural practices.
What was the name given to the area in the US that experienced severe drought during the great depression?
The Dust Bowl covered Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. Farmers lost their fertile soil to the winds, and their farms to the banks.
Impact of the dust bowl on Oklahoma farmers?
Many lost their farms.
Farmers suffered not only from the economic depression but also from a ten-year drought that created what?
The Dust Bowl
What caused the dust bowl and what states were most affected by it?
The Dust Bowl was caused by an incredibly severe drought. The states most affected were Texas and Oklahoma.
Farmers suffered not only from the economic depression but also from a 10 year drought that created the?
dust bowl, homework
What were the three causes of the US Dust Bowl?
The Dust Bowl occurred because of drought. It occurred because of farmers overusing the land and not rotating crops, planting the same things year after year. It occurred because of severe wind storms in the area.
What environmental disaster added the great depression and hit the farmers the worst?
You are describing the Dust Bowl, a decade of severe drought in the west and southwest that ruined countless farmers.
Which state suffered the most during the Dust Bowl?
Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado. It really caused a large drought and destroyed the plains.
What states was the dust bowl in for the great depression?
It mainly impacted Texas and Oklahoma. Parts of Canada had events like the "dust bowl" in the 30s due to lack of crop rotation and drought. *Answer By Sno*
