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The Dust Bowl of the 1930s lasted about a decade. The primary area it effected was the southern Plains. The northern Plains were not hit so badly but the drought, the blowing dust, and the decline of agriculture in the region had a nationwide effect. The loss of agricultural production helped to lengthen the Depression, not only in the US but worldwide. The displaced farmers became the migrants described in John Steinbeck's, Grapes of Wrath. Families from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas, packed what they could in cars and trucks and headed west. Most were aiming for California where they would become a class of migrant farmers, following the crops during the harvesting season. Poor farming techniques and years of depleting the soil led to the soil becoming susceptible to the winds. And when the winds came, the soil was picked up and "day became night."
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Okies comes from Oklahoma, a state where the Dust Bowl took full effect with its onslaught upon the people of Oklahoma. The people who moved from Oklahoma to escape the storms were thus nicknamed Okies.
Migrant workers are forced to travel across the country for work, and have no job security. If employment was made permanent, it would allow them to settle in one place, and enable their children to receive an education. Due to their families being forced to move for seasonal work, many migrant children have spotted school attendance records, and few graduate.
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Okies, hicks, country bumpkins, yokels, rustic, oafs, hayseeds,
A migrant is anyone who moves from one place to another place. A migrant worker moves from place to place in search of work, usually following crop harvesting from one State to the next. Becoming a migrant has far fewer pros than to just stay in one place, get a job, and settle down.
Migrant workers in the 1920's would typically have a somewhat poor state of health. Their life expectancy was much lower than the average.
The Khalistan movement is a separatist group that is seeking their own independent state in India. The state of Nagaland has also sought to become an independent nation.
At least 3 million people in the US were directlyaffected in some way by the dust storms or loss of farmland. Several million more were indirectly affected in industrial employment.In Oklahoma, 300,000 residents (nearly 15% of the state population) relocated during the late 1930s, and some of them, called "Okies," ended up as migrant workers farther west, especially in California.
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