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i think it was because of the dustbowl, it was a drought in the oklaholma state area that stopped the farmers crops from growing, if you are talking of the 1920s, if you want to see in depth from a literary point of view, read steinbeck's Of Mice And Men or East of Eden

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Q: What caused farm families to migrate from the great plains to California?
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