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Nickname given to people who moved to CA during the dust bowl?
They were known derisively as "Okies" as many of them came from Oklahoma.
What was an Okie or Arkie?
Okies is the nickname for people from Oklahoma. Arkies is the nickname for people from Arkansas. The Okies and Arkies were farmers who moved to California during the Great Depression.
People from Oklahoma who moved west nicknames were?
Okies.
What were people from Oklahoma called?
There are called the Okies. But their nickname is the "sooner".
Where do most Okies migrate to?
Most Okies migrated to California
Why did they call some people Okies?
The term "Okies" was used to refer to migrants from Oklahoma who moved to California during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s in search of work. The term became a derogatory label that implied poverty, hardship, and a lack of education.
The largest group of farmers affected by the dust bowl?
Okies
How do you think the arrival of so many okies affected native californian?
Most Californians at the time would have considered the Okies as a burden to society. The sudden influx of Okies into California caused taxes to go up, and increased competition for jobs. For these reasons, Okies faced a lot of discrimination.
How did many Californians react to the arrival of Dust Bowl migrants?
It effected California because they had to worry about the Okies. They truly hated the Okies. They even called them cuss words and dumb okies. Okie children had a hard time in public schools. They got in a lot of fights just because of who they were. That is pretty sad!
Who were Steinbeck's migrants?
Okies
Where were the Okies going?
deed
Where did the Okies migrate to?
California
